Knowledge of and attitudes towards periodontal health among adults in Tehran;Connaissances et attitudes vis-à-vis de la santé parodontale chez des adultes à Téhéran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 196-202

  Gholami, M ^a,b   Pakdaman, A ^a   Jafari, A ^a   Virtanen, J I ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GUM DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897935428     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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