Courting danger while doing good - Protecting global health workers from harm

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 2484-2485

  Panosian, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TROPICAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 78650626739     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1011407     Document Type: Review

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