Work environment of dental hygienists

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 633-639

  Yee, Theodore ^a   Crawford, Lori ^a   Harber, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT; DENTAL ASSISTANT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; STAFF; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DENTAL HYGIENISTS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 20544444120     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000165745.89527.7e     Document Type: Review

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