Characteristics of dental attendance among Lithuanian middle-aged university employees;Vidutinio amžiaus Lietuvos universitetų darbuotojų lankymosi pas odontologą savitumai

Medicina

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-319

  Sakalauskiene, Žana ^a   Mačiulskiene, Vita ^a   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^b   Kubilius, Ričardas ^a   Murtomaa, Heikki ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dentist's recall; Habitual dental attendance; Most recent dental visit; Preventive check up; Self reported number of teeth lost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; OCCUPATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATION; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 66849083698     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina45040040     Document Type: Article

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