An assessment of oral self-care level among japanese dental hygiene students and general nursing students using the hiroshima university - Dental behavioural inventory (HU-DBI): Surveys in 1990/1999

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-88

  Kawamura, Makoto ^a   Ikeda Nakaoka, Yumi ^b   Sasahara, Hisako ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Formerly Takahashi Dental Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental hygiene students; Japan; Nursing students; Oral health behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 80051599147     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2000.040206.x     Document Type: Article

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