Dentists' knowledge and implementation of the 2007 American Heart Association guidelines for prevention of infective endocarditis

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Zadik, Yehuda ^a,b   Findler, Mordechai ^a   Livne, Shiri ^b   Levin, Liran ^c   Elad, Sharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55649120022     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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