Blood exposure incidence rates from the North Carolina study of home care and hospice nurses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Leiss, Jack K ^a,d   Lyden, Jennifer T ^a   Mathews, Rahel ^a   Sitzman, Kathleen L ^b   Vanderpuije, Abenah ^a   Mav, Deepak ^a   Kendra, Mary Agnes ^c   Klein, Cynthia ^a   Humphrey, Carolyn J ^a  

^a Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^d Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; epidemiology; Home nursing; Incidence; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 59449088457     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20646     Document Type: Article

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