Inclusion of oral-systemic health in predoctoral/undergraduate curricula of pharmacy, nursing, and medical schools around the world: A preliminary study

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1187-1199

  Hein, Casey ^a,b   Schönwetter, Dieter J ^b   Iacopino, Anthony M ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Dentistry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Department of Restorative Dentistry ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Allied health; Interprofessional education; Medical education; Nursing education; Oral health education; Pharmacy education

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052496630     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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