Dental anxiety, dental health attitudes, and bodily symptoms as correlates of asthma symptoms in adult dental patients with asthma.
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between asthma symptoms and dental anxiety, dental health attitudes, and physical symptoms and sensations such as watery eyes, upset stomach, headaches, and nausea in a group of adult dental patients with asthma. These variables are...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 3 - 4 |
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American Dental Hygienists Association
Summer2004
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