Occupational biological risk knowledge and perception: Results from a large survey in Rome, Italy

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-145

  De Giusti, Maria ^a   Corrao, Carmela R N ^a   Mannocci, Alice ^a   Palazzo, Caterina ^a   Riccardi, Roberta ^a   Schmidt, Silvia Lisa ^a,b   Sernia, Sabrina ^a,c   La Torre, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Netherlands)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological risk; Knowledge; Perception; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK; ROME; SAMPLING STUDIES; TEACHING;

EID: 84863331427     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_02_06     Document Type: Review

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