Willingness of Jordanian clinicians to treat a hepatitis B-infected patient

Quintessence International

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages e147-e151

  El Maaytah, Mohammed A ^a   Jerjes, Waseem ^a   Upile, Tahwinder ^a   Patel, Brijesh J ^a   Hammad, Osama Abu ^c   Odeh, Najla Dar ^c   Al Dabbagh, Karwan M ^a   El Maaytah, Khalid A ^b   Shmailan, Yousif Al ^b   Scully, Crispian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Medical Services   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dentist; Hepatitis B; Jordan; Willingness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TOOTH PAIN;

DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; JORDAN; MALE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; TOOTHACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749093159     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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