Occupational exposures to blood among emergency medicine residents

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1036-1043

  Lee, Carol H ^a,c   Carter, Wallace A ^a   Chiang, William K ^a   Williams, Cleopas M ^a   Asimos, Andrew W ^b   Goldfrank, Lewis R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Infection control; Occupational exposure; Residency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EYE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0032879993     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01189.x     Document Type: Article

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