Hepatitis C: Incidence and knowledge among Brazilian dentists

Community Dental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-187

  Takahama Jr , Ademar ^a   Tatsch, Fernando ^b   Tannus, Gabriela ^b   Lopes, Márcio Ajudarte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Roche Pharmaceuticals   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dentist; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 24744434156     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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