National survey of endodontists and selected patient samples: Infectious diseases and attitudes toward infection control

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 696-702

  Cohen, A Scott ^a,c   Jacobsen, Egill L ^b   BeGole, Ellen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SURGICAL GLOVE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PREVALENCE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031154847     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90322-X     Document Type: Article

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