Dental safety needles' effectiveness: Results of a one-year evaluation

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1443-1448

  Cuny, Eve ^a   Fredekind, Richard E ^a   Budenz, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL STUDENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SATISFACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ATTITUDE; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0034297291     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2000.0055     Document Type: Article

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