Viral infections: Occupational risk for pregnant health-care personnel?

Procedia in Vaccinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 156-158

  Wicker, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care personnel; Maternity protection law; Occupationally acquired viral infections; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84860494688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1877282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.provac.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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