HBV and HCV infection in Japanese dental care workers

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 791-799

  Nagao, Yumiko ^a   Matsuoka, Hisako ^a   Kawaguchi, Takumi ^a   Ide, Tatsuya ^a   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dentists; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 47649121007     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.21.6.791     Document Type: Article

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