Needlestick injuries among medical students: Incidence and implications

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1815-1821

  Makary, Martin A ^a,b   Sharma, Giriraj K ^c   Gilson, Marta M ^a   Nathan, Hari ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449149109     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181bf9e5f     Document Type: Article

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