Blunt and penetrating object injuries in housekeepers working in a Turkish university hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 208-214

  Erdem, Yurdagül ^a   Talas, Melek Serpil ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33746816206     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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