Dentists' socio-emotional, informational behaviors and theirpatient's satisfaction: A case study from Iran

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-323

  Ranjbarian, Bahram ^a   Emami, Alireza ^a   Ranjbaria, Parisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Affective aspects; Behavior; Dentist; Patient; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860852299     PISSN: 19909233     EISSN: 19998147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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