Hepatitis B virus infection and waste collection: Prevalence, risk factors, and infection pathway

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 650-655

  Rachiotis, George ^a   Papagiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Markas, Dimitrios ^a   Thanasias, Efthimios ^a   Dounias, George ^b   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b National School Public Health   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B infection; Municipal solid waste workers; Needle stick injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GARBAGE; GREECE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84861958472     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22057     Document Type: Article

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