Adult Dental Patients With Avoidance Behaviours

authors:

avatar Narges Farhad Mollashahi ORCID 1 , *

Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran
International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction: Vol.4, issue 1; e23547
published online: March 20, 2015
article type: Letter
received: September 11, 2014
revised: September 28, 2014
accepted: October 9, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.23547

how to cite: Farhad Mollashahi N. Adult Dental Patients With Avoidance Behaviours. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2015;4(1):e23547. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.23547.

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