Needlestuck

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1199-1201

  White, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ENGLAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; WALES;

EID: 35848965040     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05375.x     Document Type: Editorial

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