Exanthematous diseases (measles, varicella, rubella and mumps). Focus on screening and health monitoring of healthcare workers: Results and perspective of a multicenter working group;Le malattie esantematiche (Morbillo, Varicella, Rosolia e Parotite). Focus su screening e sorveglianza sanitaria dei lavoratori della sanitd: Risultati e prospettive di un gruppo di lavoro multicentrico

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-303

  Campagna, M ^a   Bacis, M ^b   Belotti, L ^b   Biggi, N ^c   Carrer, P ^d   Cologni, L ^b   Gattini, V ^e   Lodi, V ^f   Magnavita, N ^g   Micheloni, G ^h   Negro, C ⁱ   Oppini, M ^a   Placidi, D ^a   Polato, R ^j   Puro, V ^k   Tonelli, F ^d   Porru, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Good medical practices; Health care workers; Measles; Mumps; Rubella; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEASLES; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAROTITIS; RASH; RUBELLA; VIROLOGY;

CHICKENPOX; EXANTHEMA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEASLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAROTITIS; RUBELLA;

EID: 77958068260     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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