A comparison of infection control practices of different groups of oral specialists and general dental practitioners

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

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-54

  McCarthy, Gillian Margaret ^a   MacDonald, John Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGICAL GLOVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADULT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031602577     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90397-3     Document Type: Article

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