Dental fear and subjective oral impacts among adults in Finland

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-272

  Pohjola, Vesa ^a   Lahti, Satu ^a,b   Suominen Taipale, Liisa ^c   Hausen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental attendance; Dental fear; Number of remaining teeth; Subjective oral impacts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 65149098664     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2009.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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