HIV and hepatitis B seroprevalence in trauma patients in North Central Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-9

  Ugwu, B T ^a   Thacher, T D ^a   Imade, G E ^a   Sagay, A S ^a   Isamade, E I ^a   Ford, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b World Health Mission   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV Hepatitis B seroprevalence; Occupational hazards; Social class; Trauma patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; WORKPLACE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646823505     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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