Survey of infection control procedures at manicure and pedicure establishments in North York

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 134-137

  Johnson, Ian L ^a   Dwyer, John J M ^b   Rusen, I D ^c   Shahin, Rita ^b   Yaffe, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLOVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY; INSTRUMENT; INTERVIEW; PODIATRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; SAMPLE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0035003703     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404947     Document Type: Article

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