Attitudes towards oral health among parents of 6-year-old children at risk of developing caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 507-520

  Vermaire, J H ^a   Hoogstraten, J ^a   Van Loveren, C ^a   Poorterman, J H G ^a   Van Exel, N J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attitudes; children; oral health; parents; Q methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; ORAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649244022     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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