Occupational blood and body fluids exposures in health care workers: Four-year surveillance from the Northern France Network

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 357-363

  Tarantola, Amaud ^a,b   Golliot, Franck ^a   Astagneau, Pascal ^a   Fleury, Laurent ^a   Brücker, Gilles ^a   Bouvet, Elisabeth ^a  

^a Hospital Infections Control   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 0141818319     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(03)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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