Occupational safety among dental health-care workers

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 41-47

  Shimoji, Shigehiro ^a   Ishihama, Kohji ^a   Yamada, Hidefumi ^a   Okayama, Masaki ^a   Yasuda, Kouichi ^a   Shibutani, Tohru ^a   Ogasawara, Tadashi ^a   Miyazawa, Hiroo ^a   Furusawa, Kiyofumi ^a  

^a MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Occupational safety; Personal protective equipment; Sharps injury; Splash exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904393963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S13130     Document Type: Article

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