Blood borne infections in sport: Risks of transmission, methods of prevention, and recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 678-683

  Kordi, R ^a,b   Wallace, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; VITAMIN;

ATHLETE; BLEEDING; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CONTAMINATION; DOPING; FIRST AID; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SPORTS; VIREMIA;

EID: 10044290898     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.011643     Document Type: Review

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