The influence of peer social networks on toothbrushing behaviour in Iranian adolescents in Mashhad

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 498-506

  Dorri, Mojtaba ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a   Watt, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caries; diagnostic research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 78649232388     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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