Gender-specific oral health attitudes and behaviour among dental students in Palestine

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-333

  Kateeb, E ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALESTINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTHBRUSH; ADOLESCENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE EAST; MOUTH HYGIENE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE EAST; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749251966     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.3.329     Document Type: Article

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