Iranians' attitudes about possible human immunodeficiency virus transmission in dental settings

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-237

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a,c   Mirzaei, Kamran ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33847754778     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509860     Document Type: Article

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