Self-reported needlestick injuries in dental health care workers at Armed Forces Hospital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 208-210

  Paul, Tahir ^a   Omar, Ridwaan ^a   Maktabi, Aymen ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF REPORT; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034097403     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.3.208     Document Type: Article

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