Percutaneous injuries in a high-volume podiatric surgical residency program

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-20

  Guimet, M ^a   Mendicino, S ^a   Rockett, M S ^a  

^a Greater Texas Education Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational injury; Percutaneous injury; Podiatry; Resident surgeons; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

EID: 0035139399     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-2516(01)80036-3     Document Type: Article

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