Dental treatment and risk of variant CJD - A case control study

British Dental Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Everington, D ^a   Smith, A J ^b   Ward, H J T ^a   Letters, S ^b   Will, R G ^a   Bagg, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 34248340099     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.126     Document Type: Article

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