Medical students and infection control: Risks and precautions

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4-6, 1999, Pages 169-176

  Tucker, Adam ^b,c   Phillips, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0033288050     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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