Comparison of knowledge, attitudes and practice of dental safety from eight countries at the turn of the Century

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Puttaiah, Raghunath ^a   Miller, Kierste ^b   Bedi, Raman ^c   Shetty, Sadashiva ^d   Almas, Khalid ^e   Tse, Edwin ^f   Kim, Byoung Ock ^g   Youngblood, Dennis ^h   Minquan, Du ⁱ  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Davangere   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f Veden Labs   (China)

^g Chosun University   (South Korea)

^h CHU Timone   (United States)

ⁱ WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes and practice; Dental infection control; Dental safety; India; Infectious diseases; KAP; Knowledge; Multicountry surveys; Occupational safety; Stigma; Surveys; Universal precautions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862919592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1001     Document Type: Article

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