Accidental injuries and cutaneous contaminations during general surgical operations in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 227-234

  Adesunkanmi, A R K ^a   Badmus, T A ^a   Ogunlusi, J O D ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SKIN; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SKIN; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 23944456479     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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