Dental hygiene workforce issues: a Minnesota study.
PURPOSE: This study was designed to explore the prevalence and reasons for withdrawal from the dental hygiene workforce. The study also assessed the reasons for maintaining an active license after withdrawal, and the factors that might entice an individual to return to the dental hygiene workforce....
| Publicado en: | Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 11 - 12 |
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American Dental Hygienists Association
Winter2007
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