Gender differences among oral health care workers in caring for HIV/AIDS patients in Osun state, Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-187

  Adedigba, M A ^a   Ogunbodede, E O ^a   Fajewonyomi, B A ^a   Ojo, O O ^a   Naidoo, S ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gender difference; HIV AIDS; Oral health workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33747248824     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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