Recruitment and standardization of a group of Australian dentists for a multipractice study on dental caries prevention

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-111

  Curtis, B ^a,b   Evans, R W ^a   Sbaraini, A ^a   Schwarz, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Dentistry; Evidence based care; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547490285     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2007.tb00473.x     Document Type: Article

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