Trajectories of dental anxiety in a birth cohort

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-219

  Thomson, W M ^a   Broadbent, J M ^a   Locker, D ^b   Poulton, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult; Dental anxiety; Longitudinal study; Natural history; Trajectory analysis; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEW ZEALAND; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DMF INDEX; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 65649137276     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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