Exposure of healthcare workers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to bloodborne viruses between July 1997 and June 2000: Analysis of surveillance data

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7283, 2001, Pages 397-398

  Evans, Barry ^a   Duggan, Winnie ^a   Baker, Juliet ^a   Ramsay, Mary ^a   Abiteboul, Dominique ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculté Bichat   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NORTHERN IRELAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; VIRUS DISEASES; WALES;

EID: 0035901125     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.397     Document Type: Article

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