Fear of blood, injury, and injections, and its relationship to dental anxiety and probability of avoiding dental treatment among 18-year-olds in Norway

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-169

  Vika, Margrethe ^a,c   Skaret, Erik ^a   Raadal, Magne ^a   Öst, Lars Göran ^b   Kvale, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJURY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41649116900     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2007.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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