Accidental exposure to blood and risk of transmission of virus infections in various occupational groups in Amsterdam, 1986-1996;Accidentele blootstelling aan bloed en risico op transmissie van virusinfecties bij verschillende beroepsgroepen in Amsterdam, 1986-1996

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 42, 1998, Pages 2312-2314

  Berger, C M ^a   Leentvaar Kuijpers, A ^a   Van Doornum, G J J ^a   Coutinho, R A ^a,b  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0032541892     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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