Occupational health problems of dentists in the United Arab Emirates

International Dental Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-56

  Al Ali, Khalid ^a   Hashim, Raghad ^a  

^a AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

dentists; dermatitis; musculoskeletal pain; Occupational; percutaneous injury; UAE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTRY; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856063655     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: 1875595X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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