Occupational exposure to blood among hospital workers in Montenegro

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-280

  Cvejanov Kezunović, Ljiljana ^a   Mustajbegović, Jadranka ^b   Milošević, Milan ^b   Čivljak, Rok ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood borne infections; Epidemiology; Sharps injuries

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; VACCINATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTENEGRO; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84908502603     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: 18486312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-65-2014-2493     Document Type: Article

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