Surveillance of Health Care Workers Exposed to Blood from Patients Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 319, Issue 17, 1988, Pages 1118-1123

  Marcus, Ruthanne ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0023791781     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198810273191703     Document Type: Article

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