Transmission of hepatitis C virus by occupational percutaneous injuries in South Korea

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-117

  Ryoo, Seung Mok ^a   Kim, Won Young ^a   Kim, Won ^a   Lim, Kyoung Soo ^a   Lee, Christopher C ^b   Woo, Jun Hee ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Hepatitis C; Needle stick; Occupational infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 84862796769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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