Blood-borne viruses and health care workers [3]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2141-2142

  Ciuffa, Valerio ^a   Fazio Tirrozzo, Salvatore ^a   Vento, Sandro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANESTHESIST; BLOOD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0037078314     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.18.2141     Document Type: Letter

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