Occupational hepatitis C seroconversions in a Brazilian hospital

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 655-657

  Medeiros, W P ^a   Setubal S ^b   Pinheiro, P Y M ^a   Dalston, M O ^b   Bazin, A R ^b   de Oliveira, S A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Needlestick injuries; Occupational disease transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS;

BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84869477272     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs105     Document Type: Article

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