Medical students' child oral-health-related knowledge, practices and attitudes

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 218-224

  Alyousef, Y ^a   Damiano, P ^b   Weber Gasparoni, K ^b   Qian, F ^b   Murph, J ^c   Nothwehr, F ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Children; High caries risk; Paediatricians; Referral

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH CARIES RISK; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACCESS TO CARE; CHILDREN; HIGH CARIES RISK; PAEDIATRICIANS; REFERRAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84885730854     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eje.12041     Document Type: Article

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