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Acta Odontologica Scandinavica Volume 38, 1980 - Issue 5
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Original Article

Viral hepatitis in dentists in Norway

Bjørn Hurlen Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine and Department of Microbiology Dental Faculty, University of Oslo, Norway
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Jon Jonsen Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine and Department of Microbiology Dental Faculty, University of Oslo, Norway
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Eigil Aas Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine and Department of Microbiology Dental Faculty, University of Oslo, Norway
Pages 321-324 | Received 12 Feb 1980, Published online: 02 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Exceptions have occurred to the generally reported high prevalence of viral nepatitis in dentists. Thus a recent questionnaire survey (1) indicated a low risk of hepatitis in dental professionals in Norway. Tne present supplementary study was based on frequencies of serological markers of viral hepatitis and disclosed an exposure rate to hepatitis B insignificantly higher than that of the general population. The frequency of antibody to hepatitis A virus was equal to that of the general population.

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