A quantitative analysis of dental radiography quality assurance practices among North Carolina dentists

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

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-120

  Platin, Enrique ^a   Janhom, Apirum ^b   Tyndall, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; STANDARD; TIME; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; X RAY FILM;

DENTISTS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 0032109637     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90160-3     Document Type: Article

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