Dental fear and anxiety in children and adolescents: Qualitative study using youtube

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gao, Xiaoli ^a   Hamzah, S H ^a,b   Yiu, Cynthia Kar Yung ^a   McGrath, Colman ^a   King, Nigel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Dental anxiety; Dental fear; Internet social media; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84877261404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2290     Document Type: Article

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