Blood Exposures and Hepatitis C Virus Infections among Emergency Responders

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2605-2610

  Datta, S Deblina ^a,b   Armstrong, Gregory L ^a,b   Roome, Aaron J ^c   Alter, Miriam J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CONNECTICUT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHILADELPHIA; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0344420381     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.21.2605     Document Type: Article

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