The association of needlestick injury with depressive symptoms among first-year medical residents in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 750-755

  Wada, Koji ^a,b   Sakata, Yumi ^a   Fujino, Yoshihisa ^c   Yoshikawa, Toru ^d   Tanaka, Katsutoshi ^a   Miyajima, Eriko ^a   Watanabe, Mitsuyasu ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Medical residents; Needlestick injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 38749130161     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.750     Document Type: Article

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