Oral health behaviour of Iranian dental school educators

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-271

  Khami, Mohammad R ^a,b   Virtanen, Jorma I ^a   Jafarian, Mohammad ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental faculty; Oral hygiene; Preventive dentistry; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 39049193471     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a11641     Document Type: Article

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