Unrecognized abrasions and occupational exposures to blood-borne pathogens among health care workers in Turkey

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 202-206

  Sencan, Irfan ^a   Sahin, Idris ^a   Yildirim, Mustafa ^a   Yesildal, Nuray ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abrasions; Exposure; Health care workers; Injury; Wearing gloves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN ABRASION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AWARENESS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SKIN; TURKEY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 2642580709     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh048     Document Type: Article

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