Work practice and some adverse health effects in nurses handling antineoplastic drugs

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 432-439

  Krstev, Srmena ^a   Perunicic B ^a   Vidakovic A ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic drugs; Nurses; Occupational exposure; Symptoms; Work practice

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASK; MATERIALS HANDLING; MONITORING; NIGHT WORK; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RASH; SAFETY CABINET; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; WORK PRACTICE; ALOPECIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ERUPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0642282022     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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