Hepatitis B and C knowledge among Saudi dental patients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1785-1790

  Ashri, Nahid Y ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 60149090322     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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