Attitudes to biopsy procedures in general dental practice

British Dental Journal

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 588-592

  Diamanti, N ^a   Duxbury, A J ^b   Ariyaratnam, S ^b   Macfarlane, T V ^b  

^a Univ Dental Hospital of Manchester ^*

^b UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOPSY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTIST; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTISTS; ENGLAND; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY, ORAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037172209     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801434     Document Type: Article

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