Knowledge, attitudes and risk of HIV, HBV and HCV infections in hairdressers of Palermo city (South Italy)

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-437

  Amodio, Emanuele ^a   Di Benedetto, Maria Antonella ^a   Gennaro, Liborio ^a   Maida, Carmelo Massimo ^a   Romano, Nino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

descriptive survey; hairdressers; KAP questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; HAIR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY;

COMMERCE; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY;

EID: 77955048428     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp178     Document Type: Article

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