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Face-touching Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Self-inoculation and transmission potentials

R. Constance Wiener, Alcinda K. Trickett Shockey, Christopher Waters and Ruchi Bhandari
American Dental Hygienists' Association October 2021, 95 (5) 41-46;
R. Constance Wiener
Associate professor and interim chair, Department of Dental Practice and Rural Health, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
PhD, MA, DMD
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Alcinda K. Trickett Shockey
Professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
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Christopher Waters
Research Labs Director, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
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Ruchi Bhandari
Assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
PhD, MBA, MPA
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vol. 95 no. 5 41-46
PubMed 
34654714

Published By 
American Dental Hygienists' Association
Print ISSN 
1553-0205
History 
  • Received August 29, 2020
  • Accepted January 5, 2021
  • Published online October 15, 2021.

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  1. R. Constance Wiener, PhD, MA, DMD,
  2. Alcinda K. Trickett Shockey, DHSc, MA, RDH,
  3. Christopher Waters, MS and
  4. Ruchi Bhandari, PhD, MBA, MPA⇑
  1. Associate professor and interim chair, Department of Dental Practice and Rural Health, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
  2. Professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
  3. Research Labs Director, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
  4. Assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
  1. Corresponding author: Ruchi Bhandari PhD, MBA, MPA; rbhandari{at}hsc.wvu.edu
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