Improvement of oral health knowledge in a group of visually impaired students

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-253

  Yalcinkaya, Sebnem Ercalik ^a   Atalay, Turhan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education; Oral health; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT; PERIODONTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PERIODONTAL INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 39049190834     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a11639     Document Type: Article

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