Dental anxiety among university students and its correlation with their field of study

Journal of Applied Oral Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-203

  Al Omari, Wael Mousa ^a   Al Omiri, Mahmoud Khalid ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Anxiety scale; Dental; Dental students; Engineering students; Medical students

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649933835     PISSN: 16787757     EISSN: 16787765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-77572009000300013     Document Type: Article

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