Reducing Occupational Risks in the Health Care Workplace

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-270+273

  Fahey, Barbara J ^a,b   Henderson, David K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus (HBV); Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Needle stick

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346977615     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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