Occupational exposure to blood, hepatitis B vaccine knowledge and uptake among medical students in Cameroon

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Noubiap, Jean Jacques N ^a,b   Nansseu, Jobert Richie N ^a,c   Kengne, Karen K ^a   Tchokfe Ndoula, Shalom ^a,d   Agyingi, Lucy A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Internal Medicine Unit Edea Regional Hospital   (Cameroon)

^c Department of Paediatrics   (Cameroon)

^d Guidiguis Health District ^*  (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Accidental exposure to blood; Cameroon; Hepatitis B vaccine; Medical students

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887030727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-148     Document Type: Article

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