Antiretroviral prophylaxis of health care workers at two urban medical centers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1092-1100

  Russi, Mark ^a,b   Buitrago, Martha ^a   Goulet, Joseph ^a   Calello, Diane ^b   Perlotto, James ^a,c   Van Rhijn, Dorothy ^a,c   Nash, Esther ^c,d   Friedland, Gerald ^a   Hierholzer, Walter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New Haven Ctrl Hosp for Vet Med   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0033731145     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200011000-00011     Document Type: Article

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