Exposures to blood and body fluids in Brazilian primary health care

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-113

  Garcia, Leila Posenato ^a   Facchini, Luiz Augusto ^b  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Health care workers; Occupational epidemiology; Occupational injury

Indexed keywords

BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 61449125949     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn174     Document Type: Article

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