The correlation between symptoms, frequent use of dental polymers, and evaluation of health risk

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-422

  Lönnroth, Emma Christin ^a   Shahnavaz, Houshang ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Dental personnel; Dental polymer use; Health risk evaluation; Self reported symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008837267     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.1998.11076402     Document Type: Article

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