Oral health literacy and information sources among adults in Tehran, Iran

Community Dental Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 178-182

  Naghibi Sistani, M M ^a,b   Yazdani, Reza ^a   Virtanen, J ^c   Pakdaman, A ^a   Murtomaa, H ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Information sources; Iran; Oral health; Oral health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883429904     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_3159Yazdani05     Document Type: Article

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