Dental care and HIV-infected individuals: Are they equally treated?

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 447-453

  Giuliani, Michele ^a   Lajolo, Carlo ^a   Rezza, Giovanni ^b   Arici, Claudio ^c   Babudieri, Sergio ^d   Grima, Pierfrancesco ^e   Martinelli, Canio ^f   Tamburrini, Enrica ^a   Vecchiet, Jacopo ^g   Mura, Maria Stella ^d   Cauda, Roberto ^a   Mario, Tumbarello ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e Presidio Ospedaliero di Santa Caterina Novella   (Italy)

^f CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discomfort; HIV infection; Private and public dental care

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33644699988     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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