Occupational exposure to HIV: Response to a system failure

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-163

  Cooper, Elizabeth E ^a   Blamey, Stephen L ^b  

^a Southern Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0041887159     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05477.x     Document Type: Article

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