Hospital nurses' occupational exposure to blood: Prospective, retrospective, and institutional reports

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-107

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a,b   Klocinski, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INJURY; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0031023321     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.1.103     Document Type: Article

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