Child dental fear as measured with the Dental Subscale of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule: The impact of referral status and type of informant (child versus parent)

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-266

  Gustafsson, Annika ^a,b,f   Arnrup, K ^a   Broberg, A G ^c   Bodin, L ^d,e   Berggren, U ^c  

^a POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION CENTER   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioral science; Pediatric dentistry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77952502243     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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