Percutaneous injuries correlates in the nursing team of a Brazilian tertiary-care university hospital

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 818-823

  Canini, Silvia Rita Marin Da Silva ^a   De Moraes, Suzana Alves ^a   Gir, Elucir ^a   Freitas, Isabel Cristina Martins ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accidents, occupational; Analytic studies; Needlestick injuries; Nursing, team; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSES;

EID: 57349122131     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692008000500004     Document Type: Article

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