Self-reported health complaints among general dental practitioners, orthodontists, and office employees

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Kerosuo, Eero ^a   Kerosuo, Heidi ^b   Kanerva, Lasse ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contact; Dentists; Dermatitis; Hypersensitivity; Occupational health; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAND DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; ORTHODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HAND DERMATOSES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHACRYLATES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; ORTHODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0034297245     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163500750051755     Document Type: Article

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