The prevalence of needle stick injuries in medical, dental, nursing and midwifery students at the University Teaching Hospitals of Shiraz, Iran

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 227-232

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a   Malekmakan, Leila ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood borne pathogen; Dental student; Medical student; Midwifery student; Needle stick injury; Nursing student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33745629031     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.25904     Document Type: Article

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