The injection century: Massive unsterile injections and the emergence of human pathogens

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9297, 2001, Pages 1989-1992

  Drucker, Ernest ^a   Alcabes, Phillip G ^b   Marx, Preston A ^c,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASEPSIS; CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYRINGE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035830291     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06967-7     Document Type: Note

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