Performance of the Index of Dental Anxiety and Fear in a population-based sample of adults

H Ibrahim1, K M Lyons1, J M Armfield2

  • 1Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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