Occupational exposures to human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus: Risk, prevention, and management

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-696

  Cleveland, Jennifer L ^a   Cardo, Denise M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS VACCINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTISTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2542543215     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-8532(03)00041-7     Document Type: Review

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