Needlestick injuries among nursing students in China

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 435-437

  Yao, Wan Xia ^a,b   Yang, Biao ^c   Yao, Cong ^d   Bai, Pei Song ^a   Qian, Yao Rong ^e   Huang, Cai Hui ^f   Liu, Miao ^a,b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Nurse interns; Occupational needlestick injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953683918     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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