Survey of the knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian surgerytraineesto HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients

BMC Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-6

  Adebamowo, Clement A ^a,b   Ezeome, Emma R ^a,c   Ajuwon, Johnson A ^a   Ogundiran, Temidayo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 34248373764     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-2-7     Document Type: Review

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