Bloodborne pathogen transmission in health care workers: Risk and prevention strategies

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-346

  Cardo, D M ^a   Bell, D M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030792269     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70359-7     Document Type: Article

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