Knowledge, attitudes and practice of iranian medical specialists regarding hepatitis B and C

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 176-182

  Kabir, Ali ^a   Tabatabaei, Seyed Vahid ^b   Khaleghi, Siamak ^a   Agah, Shahram ^a   Kashani, Amir Hossein Faghihi ^a   Moghimi, Mehrdad ^c   Kerahroodi, Fahimeh Habibi ^a   Alavian, Seyed e Hoda ^b   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health knowledge; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Iran; Practices

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTIST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOVE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MASK; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SURGEON; ULCER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; WOUND;

EID: 77954882886     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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