Is Helicobacter pylori infection an occupational hazard for anesthesiologists?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 973-974

  Shelley, Kirk H ^a   Haddadin, Ala S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031682617     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199810000-00042     Document Type: Article

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