Dental students and bloodborne pathogens: Occupational exposures, knowledge, and attitudes

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 479-486

  Myers, Julie E ^a,b   Myers, Ronnie ^c   Wheat, Mary E ^a   Yin, Michael T ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental students; Health attitudes; Health knowledge; Hepatitis C; HIV AIDS; Infectious disease transmission; Needlestick injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 84859406275     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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