Safety awareness for the otolaryngologist caring for the HIV-positive patient

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 982-986

  Kantu, Sanjay ^a,b   Lee, Dennis ^a   Nash, Michael ^a   Lucente, Frank E ^a  

^a University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALPEL; SEROCONVERSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029827733     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199608000-00013     Document Type: Article

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