Effectiveness of dental trauma education for elementary school staff

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-150

  McIntyre, Judy D ^a   Lee, Jessica Y ^a   Trope, Martin ^a   Vann Jr , William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING; TOOTH INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PAMPHLETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TEACHING; TOOTH INJURIES; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 40949165835     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2008.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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