Pediatric dentists' job satisfaction: Results of a national survey

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-350

  Bates, Lyndsay F ^a   Buehler, Amy M ^a   Boynton, James R ^b   Majewski, Robert F ^b,c   Inglehart, Marita R ^b  

^a St Paul MN ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Mott Children's Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic; Dentists; Job satisfaction; Pediatric dentists; Practice characteristics; Work characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883225943     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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