Occupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus in hospital health care workers in Spain

Vacunas

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-8

  De Juanes, J R ^a   Garcia De Codes A ^a   Arrazola, M P ^a   Gonzalez A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; HIV; Hospital; Postexposure prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 37849039286     PISSN: 15769887     EISSN: 15788857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1576-9887(07)73964-X     Document Type: Article

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