Knowledge and orientations of internal medicine trainees toward periodontal disease

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-363

  Quijano, Aimee ^a   Shah, Amit J ^a   Schwarcz, Aron I ^a   Lalla, Evanthia ^b   Ostfeld, Robert J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental health education; Knowledge; Orientation; Periodontal diseases; Physicians; Preventive medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77649219731     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2009.090475     Document Type: Article

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