Knowledge and practice of standard measures in occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among nurses in a University Hospital in the United Arab Emirates

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-94

  Sreedharan, Jayadevan ^a   Muttappallymyalil, Jayakumary ^a   Venkatramana, Manda ^a  

^a GULF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Blood and body fluids; Nurses; Occupational exposure; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950251485     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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