Factors associated with occupational exposure and compliance with universal precautions in an urban school district

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 734-750

  Blake, Susan M ^a   Windsor, Richard A ^b   Lohrmann, David K ^a   Nadine, Gay ^a   Ledsky, Rebecca ^a   Richman, Allison ^c   Jones, Sandra B ^d   Banspach, Stephen W ^d  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FLORIDA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; SCHOOLS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0033211059     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819902600512     Document Type: Article

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