Impact of school based Oral Health Education programmes in India: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3107-3110

  Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh ^a   Sohi, Ramandeep Kaur ^a   Nanda, Tarun ^b   Sawhney, Gurjashan Singh ^c   Setia, Saniya ^a  

^a Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Dental; Education; Impact; Programme; School

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOUTH HYGIENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84890499398     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6212.3718     Document Type: Review

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