Day-night pattern in accidental exposures to blood-borne pathogens among medical students and residents

Chronobiology International

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-70

  Parks, Deborah K ^a   Yetman, Robert J ^b   McNeese, Margaret C ^b   Burau, Keith ^b   Smolensky, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood borne pathogen exposure; Circadian rhythm; Medical residents; Medical students; Shift work schedules; Time of day

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RESIDENT;

ADULT; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 0033980043     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-100101032     Document Type: Article

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