Oral health-related KAP among 11- to 12-year-old school children in a government-aided missionary school of Bangalore city

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-242

  Harikiran, A ^a   Pallavi, S ^a   Hariprakash, Sapna ^a   Ashutosh, ^a   Nagesh, K ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude; Oral health knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PAIN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DIETARY SUCROSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; TOOTHACHE; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 52449103027     PISSN: 09709290     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.42957     Document Type: Article

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