Advancing infection control in dental care settings: Factors associated with dentists' implementation of guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1127-1138

  Cleveland, Jennifer L ^a   Foster, Misty ^b   Barker, Laurie ^a   Brown, G Gordon ^b   Lenfestey, Nancy ^b   Lux, Linda ^b   Corley, Tammy J ^a   Bonito, Arthur J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentistry.; Guidelines; Infection control.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868094458     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0044     Document Type: Article

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