Immunisation status of dental practice staff in Kent

British Dental Journal

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Rhodes, A ^a   Aw, T C ^b   Allen, C ^c   Ridout, M ^d  

^a Ash House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Medway PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL STAFF; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUBELLA; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56949107871     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.999     Document Type: Article

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