Amalgam safety and dentists' attitude: A survey among a subpopulation of Nigerian dentists

Operative Dentistry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-471

  Udoye, Christopher ^a,b   Aguwa, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Enugu State Library Board   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MERCURIALISM; METABOLISM; NIGERIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; NIGERIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL;

EID: 46949089570     PISSN: 03617734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2341/07-123     Document Type: Article

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