Hepatitis C in the workplace: A survey of occupational health and safety knowledge and practice in the beauty therapy industry

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-211

  Murtagh, Madeleine J ^a   Hepworth, Julie ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Argosy University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SNEEZING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPILLAGE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 3042728353     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00696.x     Document Type: Article

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