The modified dental anxiety scale: UK general public population norms in 2008 with further psychometrics and effects of age

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Humphris, Gerry M ^a   Dyer, Tom A ^b   Robinson, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349769614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-9-20     Document Type: Article

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