Risk perception of occupational hazards among dental health care workers in a dental hospital in Turkey

International Dental Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Ocek, Zeliha ^a,b   Soyer, Meral Turk ^a   Aksan, Asli Davas ^a   Hassoy, Hür ^a   Manavgat, Selcen Sakaoǧlu ^a  

^a Department of Public Health ^*

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dental health care workers; Dentistry; Health hazards; Occupational risks; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL STAFF; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 50249083842     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2008.tb00349.x     Document Type: Article

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