Knowledge, attitude and practices towards HIV among nurses in a tertiary care teaching hospital: Two decades after the discovery

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-256

  Kumar, Reena ^a   Mohan, N ^a   Seenu, V ^a   Kumar, Arvind ^a   Nandi, Manju ^a   Sarma, R K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THEORY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1242332352     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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