Dental practitioner risk, knowledge and practice with regard to the hepatitis B vaccination in South Africa

Oral Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 172-175

  Naidoo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dentists; Hepatitis B vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030822503     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1997.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

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