A battlefield occupational risk not to be ignored

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 331-

  Holley, Anthony D ^a   Weber, Daniel J ^b   Reade, Michael C ^c  

^a Royal Australian Navy   (Australia)

^b Army Malaria Research Unit   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; AUSTRALIA; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK;

EID: 84871864648     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10694     Document Type: Letter

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