Understanding school teacher's knowledge regarding dental trauma: A basis for future interventions

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Feldens, Eliane Gerson ^a   Feldens, Carlos Alberto ^a   Kramer, Paulo Floriani ^a   da Silva, Kapila Gomes ^a   Munari, Carolina Cabral ^a   Brei, Vinícius Andrade ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOOTH INJURY; UNIVERSITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 77951653874     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2009.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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