Hepatitis A among workers from a waste water treatment plant during a small community outbreak

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-62

  De Serres, Gaston ^a   Laliberté, Denis ^a  

^a Ctr de S Pub de Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

hepatitis A; sewage workers; waste water

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031047383     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.1.60     Document Type: Article

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