Needle sticks/sharps injuries and determinants in nursing care workers

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Hofranipour, Fazlollah G ^a   Asadpour, Mohammad ^a   Ardebili, Hassan Eftekhar ^b   Niknami, Shamsaddin ^a   Hajizadeh, Ebrahim ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Determinants; Needle sticks sharps injuries; Nursing care workers; Rafsanjan

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449120143     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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