Legal issues for healthcare workers with bloodborne infectious disease

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 745-756

  Bednarsh, Helene S ^a   Klein, Bennett ^b  

^a HIV Dental   (United States)

^b Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242784078     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-8532(03)00040-5     Document Type: Review

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