An assessment of hepatitis C virus infection among health-care workers of the National Cancer Institute of Naples, Southern Italy

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 467-469

  Montella, Maurizio ^a,b   Crispo, Anna ^a   Grimaldi, Maria ^a   Ruffolo, Pasquale ^a   Ronga, Domenico ^a   Izzo, Francesco ^a   Mastro, Angelo A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Cancer Registry ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV; Health care workers; Prevention; Public health; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 26844437150     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki032     Document Type: Article

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