Dental fear and oral health habits among adults in Finland

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 148-153

  Pohjola, Vesa ^a   Lahti, Satu ^a,b   Tolvanen, Mimmi ^a   Hausen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Dental attendance; Gender; Smoking; Tooth brushing

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL FLOSS; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 45849105959     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350802089459     Document Type: Article

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