Prevalence of medical conditions among patients attending dental teaching clinics in northern Jordan

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 060-067

  Khader, Yousef Saleh ^a   Alsaeed, Oula ^a   Burgan, Samar Zaal ^b   Amarin, Zouhair Odeh ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Medical conditions; Premedication; Systemic diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL PATIENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CLINICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846364686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-8-1-60     Document Type: Article

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