Sense of coherence associates with oral and general health behaviours

Community Dental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 197-203

  Savolainen, J ^a,b   Suominen Taipale, A ^c   Uutela, A ^c   Aromaa, A ^c   Harkanen T ^c   Knuuttila, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental attendance; Physical activity; Psycho social; Sense of coherence; Smoking; Subjective health; Tooth brushing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67651246127     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2335Savolainen07     Document Type: Article

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