Promoting oral hydiene behavior in recruits in the Dutch Army

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 971-976

  Buunk Werkhoven, Yvonne A B ^a,d   Dijkstra, Arie ^b   Van Der Wal, Henk ^c   Basic, Nina ^a,d   Loomans, Steven A ^a,d   Van Der Schans, Cees P ^a   Van Der Meer, Brig Gen Rob ^b  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350728817     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-05-0408     Document Type: Article

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