Occupational needlestick injuries in a metropolitan police force

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-150

  Lorentz, John ^a   Hill, Linda ^a   Samimi, Behzad ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodborne pathogens; Needlestick injuries; Occupation; Occupational accident; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION RISK; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033973237     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(99)00137-3     Document Type: Article

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