Prevalence of HBV and HCV infection among health care workers (HCWs)

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-71

  Ganju, Sunita A ^a   Goel, Asha ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0034153110     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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