Prevalence of occupational exposures to potentially infectious materials among dentists and dental assistants;Prevalência de exposições ocupacionais de cirurgiões-dentistas e auxiliares de consultório dentário a material biológico

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-108

  Garcia, Leila Posenato ^a   Blank, Vera Lúcia Guimarães ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental Staff; Occupational Accidents; Occupational Exposure; Occupational Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646431116     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2006000100011     Document Type: Article

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