Occupational exposures and hepatitis B vaccination statues in dental students in Central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1943-1946

  Al Sarheed, Maha ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 13844272227     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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