Potential risk of HIV transmission in barbering practice among professional barbers in Ibadan, Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-25

  Arulogun, Oyedunni S ^a   Adesoro, Moses O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; KEROSENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BARBERING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049143942     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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