Needlestick injury in clothing industry workers and the risks of blood-borne infection

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-49

  Ind, J E ^b   Jeffries, D J ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; HIV; Needlestick

Indexed keywords

CROSS INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032985949     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.1.47     Document Type: Short Survey

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