Community-acquired needle stick injuries in canadian children: Review of canadian hospitals injury reporting and prevention program data from 1991 to 1996

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 324-328

  Slinger, R ^a   Mackenzie, S G ^a   Tepper, M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Community acquired needle stick injury; Needle stick injury

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033793781     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/5.6.324     Document Type: Article

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