Adoption issues associated with a new periodontal screening tool: An online survey of Canadian dentists

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Matthews, Debora C ^a   McNeil, Karen ^a   McCulloch, Christopher A ^b   Glogauer, Michael ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUTROPHIL; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUTROPHILS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA;

EID: 84907310114     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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