Assessing children's dental anxiety: A systematic review of current measures

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-142

  Porritt, Jenny ^a,c   Buchanan, Heather ^b   Hall, Melanie ^a   Gilchrist, Fiona ^a   Marshman, Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Claremont Crescent   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; pediatric dentistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875221377     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2012.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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