Hepatitis C virus infection among firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics - Selected locations, United States, 1991-2000

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 49, Issue 29, 2000, Pages 660-665

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ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONNECTICUT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034725488     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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