The attitudes and awareness of emergency department (ED) physicians towards the management of common dentofacial emergencies

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Trivedy, Chetan ^a,b   Kodate, Naonori ^a   Ross, Alastair ^a   Al Rawi, Harrith ^b,c   Jaiganesh, Thiagarajan ^b,d   Harris, Tim ^b,e   Anderson, Janet E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b London Emergency Academic Research Network (LEARN)   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACE INJURY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; ORAL BLEEDING; PERIODONTAL ABSCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SUTURING METHOD; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH PAIN; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACIAL INJURIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; PERIODONTAL ABSCESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOOTH INJURIES; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 84858297566     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2011.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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