Factors related to gender differences in toothbrushin g among lithuanian Middle-Aged University Employees

Medicina

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Sakalauskiene, Žana ^a   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^b   Mačiulskiene, Vita ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental attendance; Dental health attitudes; Gender differences; Knowledge of dental health; Toothbrushing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 80053317146     PISSN: 00257729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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