HIV/AIDS pandemic and surgical practice in a nigerian teaching hospital

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 228-231

  Owotade, Foluso J ^a   Ogunbodede, Eyitope O ^b   Sowande, Oladayo A ^c  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ^*  (Nigeria)

^b Preventive Dentistry   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GLOVE; GYNECOLOGY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCREENING; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0142105957     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300414     Document Type: Article

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