Occupational blood exposure and HIV infection among oral and maxillofacial surgeons

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-134

  Gooch, Barbara F ^a   Siew, Chakwan ^b   Cleveland, Jennifer L ^a   Gruninger, Stephen E ^b   Lockwood, Stuart A ^a   Joy, Edwin D ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORAL SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY, ORAL;

EID: 0031990736     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90414-0     Document Type: Article

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