Decreasing occupational risk related to blood-borne viruses in cardiovascular surgery in Paris, France

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2267-2272

  Kuo, Yu Hung ^a   Fabiani, Jean Noël ^a   Mohamed, Ali Si ^a   Couetil, Jean Paul A ^a   Lévy, Michel ^a   Gutmann, Laurent ^a   Carpentier, Alain F ^a   Bélec, Laurent ^a  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FRANCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0033380176     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01051-6     Document Type: Article

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