Off-site dental evaluation program: For prospective bone marrow transplant recipients

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Woo, Sook Bin ^a   Matin, Katayoun ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BOSTON; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031066943     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0163     Document Type: Article

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