Awareness and experience of needle stick injuries among dental students at the university of Nairobi, dental hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 211-214

  Mungure, E K ^a   Gakonyo, J M ^a   Mamdani, Z ^b   Butt, F ^b  

^a KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; KENYA; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872045471     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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