Exposure to blood-borne viruses among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital in south India [7]

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-276

  Bairy, I ^a   Rao, S P ^a   Dey, A ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COUNSELING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUCOSA; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 37849009986     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.37526     Document Type: Letter

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