Needle-stick epidemiology in navy health care workers based on INJTRAK reports (2001-2002)

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1034-1036

  Bowman, Wendi ^a   Bohnker, Bruce K ^a  

^a Navy Environmental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FINGER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; NAVY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144455382     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.12.1034     Document Type: Article

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