Chinese culture and dental behaviour: Some observations from Wellington

New Zealand Dental Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Zhang, W ^a  

^a Dental Council of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ACCULTURATION; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; ORAL HEALTH; QI; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 64749090814     PISSN: 00288047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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