Management of patients on warfarin by general dental practitioners in South West Wales: Continuing the audit cycle

British Dental Journal

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Dewan, K ^a   Bishop, K ^b   Muthukrishnan, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORAL BLEEDING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; DENTAL AUDIT; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALES; WARFARIN;

EID: 61449117693     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.112     Document Type: Article

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