Needlestick injury among interns and medical students in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;Blessures par piqûre d'aiguille chez les internes et les étudiants en médecine en Territoire palestinien occupé

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 700-706

  Al Dabbas, M ^a   Abu Rmeileh, N M E ^b  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84864041206     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.7.700     Document Type: Article

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