Psychosocial and dental factors in the maintenance of severe dental fear

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 121-127

  Boman, Ulla Wide ^a   Lundgren, Jesper ^b   Berggren, Ulf ^a   Carlsson, Sven G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioural medicine; Dental anxiety; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149278614     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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