Oral malodor and related factors in Japanese senior high school students

Journal of School Health

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 346-352

  Yokoyama, Sayaka ^a   Ohnuki, Mari ^a   Shinada, Kayoko ^a   Ueno, Masayuki ^a   Clive Wright, Fredrick Allan ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Oral health; Oral malodor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TONGUE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TONGUE;

EID: 77954641360     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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