Incidence and risk factors of occupational blood exposure - A nation-wide survey among Danish doctors;Erhvervsbetinget blodeksposition blandt danske læger - Incidens og risikofaktorer

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 42, 1997, Pages 6216-6221

  Nelsing, Suzanne ^a,b   Nielsen, Thyge Lynghøj ^a   Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^a   Nielsen, Jens Ole ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DENMARK; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031566563     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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