Hepatitis C screening and prevalence among urban public safety workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 402-411

  Upfal, Mark J ^a   Naylor, Paul ^b   Mutchnick, Milton M ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE;

EID: 0035039987     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200104000-00019     Document Type: Article

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