Validity of self-assessment of oral health among 15-year-olds in Tehran, Iran

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-269

  Yazdani, Reza ^a,b   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^a   Nouri, Mahtab ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Self assessment; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH; ORAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-EXAMINATION;

EID: 65349110313     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a14170     Document Type: Article

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