Occupational respiratory infections

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-234

  Trajman, Anete ^a   Menzies, Dick ^b  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H1N1; Infection control; Influenza; Nosocomial transmission; Occupational health; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Swine origin influenza; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AVIAN INFLUENZA; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77951088202     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328338639b     Document Type: Review

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