Skin, hair, and other infections associated with visits to barber's shops and hairdressing salons

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-204

  Moore, John E ^a   Miller, B Cherie ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAIR DISEASE; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION;

BARBERING; BEAUTY CULTURE; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PODIATRY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 34047257684     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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