Does a clinician’s sex influence treatment decisions?

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 507-514

  Zitzmann, Nicola U ^a   Zemp, Elisabeth ^b   Weiger, Roland ^a   Lang, Niklaus P ^c,d   Walter, Clemens ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIODONTITIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS FLOOR AUGMENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SINUS FLOOR AUGMENTATION;

EID: 84855555526     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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