Occupational exposure to blood and other body fluids among health care workers at a university hospital in Iran

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 419-422

  Naderi, Hamidreza ^a   Sheybani, Fereshte ^a   Bojdi, Amin ^a   Mostafavi, Irandokht ^a   Khosravi, Nasrin ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869166659     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20120926-67     Document Type: Article

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