DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL
SUMMARY This study aims to analyze the dental surgeons' knowledge about leprosy and its ways of transmission, clinical characteristics and treatment, besides analyzing their experience with respect to diagnostic suspicion and case referrals. The study population comprised 242 dental surgeons wo...
Main Authors: | Ronald Jefferson MARTINS, Maria Emília Oliveira Gomes CARLONI, Suzely Adas Saliba MOIMAZ, Cléa Adas Saliba GARBIN, Artênio José Ísper GARBIN |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652016005000258&lng=en&tlng=en |
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