Occupational safety threats among dental personnel and related risk factors

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gurbuz, M Kezban ^a   Çatli, Tolgahan ^b   Cingi, Cemal ^a   Yaz, Aytekin ^b   Bal, Cengiz ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

dental personnel; nasal cytology; Occupational hearing loss

Indexed keywords

DENTAL MATERIAL; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASOPHIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTIST; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE DISEASES; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASOPHILS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTISTS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; METHACRYLATES; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; NOSE DISEASES; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84888349603     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a28b80     Document Type: Article

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