Characteristics of infection control programs in U.S. Air Force dental clinics: A survey

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 885-892

  Harte, Jennifer A ^a   Charlton, David G ^b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Dental infection control practices; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544469714     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0289     Document Type: Article

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