Needlestick Injuries Among Nurses of Fars Province, Iran

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 988-992

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a   Shaghaghian, Soheila ^a   McLaws, Mary Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood Exposure; Needlestick Injury; Nurses; Occupational Exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SYRINGES;

EID: 36048986459     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.07.106     Document Type: Article

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