Attitudes toward dental appearance in 50- and 60-year-old subjects living in Sweden

Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-55

  Carlsson, Gunnar E ^a   Johansson, Anders ^b   Johansson, Ann Katrin ^b   Ordell, Sven ^c   EkbÄck, Gunnar ^c   Unell, Lennart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

^d MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 38549085598     PISSN: 14964155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8240.2008.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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