Influence of socioeconomic status on the relationship between locus of control and oral health

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Acharya, Shashidhar ^a   Pentapati, Kalyana Chakravarthy ^a   Singh, Sweta ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Locus of Control; Oral health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79958253532     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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