title: Frequency of hepatitis in dental health personnel in Norway.
abstract: Hepatitis B infection is considered a risk to dentists and their ancillary staff. To evaluate the magnitude of the risk for personnel in dental practice in Norway a questionnaire survey and a serologic investigation was performed, both disclosing frequencies of hepatitis B insignificantly higher than those in the general Norwegian population. The occurrence of anti-HBs in the general population, represented by 800 sera, appeared to be lower than the corresponding values found in Sweden and Denmark.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries; D003815:Dentists; D003816:Dentists, Women; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens