Health hazard evaluation in private dental practices: A survey in a province of northen Italy

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-55+85

  Veronesi, Licia ^a   Bonanini, Mauro ^a   Dall'Aglio, Paolo ^b   Pizzi, Silvia ^a   Manfredi, Maddalena ^a   Tanzi, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Ordine Medici Chirurghi/O P Parma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological risk; Dentistry; Postal questionnaire; Procedure control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; DISINFECTION; EYE PROTECTION; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AGED; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 4043089181     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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