Knowledge of dental trauma fi rst aid (DTFA): The example of avulsed incisors in casualty departments and schools in London

British Dental Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Addo, Maxwell E ^a   Parekh, S ^b   Moles, D R ^c   Roberts, G J ^d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Unit of Paediatric Dentistry   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDODONTICS; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INCISOR; INJURY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; TOOTH INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIRST AID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCISOR; LONDON; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TOOTH AVULSION; TOOTH REPLANTATION;

EID: 34249786570     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.328     Document Type: Article

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