Prevalence of percutaneous exposure incidents amongst dentists in Queensland

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-161

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Smith, D R ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australia; Dentists; Needlestick injuries; Percutaneous exposure incidents; Queensland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745905006     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2006.tb00420.x     Document Type: Article

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