Attitudes, beliefs, and infection control practices of Iranian dentists associated with HIV-positive patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 530-533

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a   Mirzaei, Kamran ^a   McLaws, Mary Louise ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; SURGICAL GLOVE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HANDWASHING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; MALE; MASKS;

EID: 33749062964     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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