Deaths due to bloodborne infections and their sequelae among health-care workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 812-824

  Luckhaupt, Sara E ^a,b   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b MS R 17 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blood borne pathogens; Health personnel; Hepatitis viral human; HIV; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 55849139378     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20610     Document Type: Article

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