Frequency of HCV infection in health-care workers: A systematic review;Freqüência do vírus da hepatite C em profissionais da saúde: Revisão sistemática da literatura

GED - Gastrenterologia Endoscopia Digestiva

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-60

  De Figueiredo, Evânia Claudino Queiroga ^a   Cotrim, Helma Pinchemel ^b   Tavares Neto, José ^b  

^a E Claudino Queiroga de Figueiredo   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health care workers; Hepatitis C virus; Seroconversion; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0043156254     PISSN: 01017772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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