Caring for healthcare workers: A global perspective

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Jagger, Janine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INTERFERON; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 33846892240     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511655     Document Type: Editorial

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