Latent tuberculosis infection and occupational protection among health care workers in two types of public hospitals in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Feng ^a,b   Zhang, Li ^b   Gao, Lei ^c   Hao, Yibin ^d   Zhao, Xianli ^d   Liu, Jianmin ^d   Lu, Jie ^e   Li, Xiangwei ^c   Yang, Yu ^c   Chen, Junguo ^a   Deng, Ying ^b  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^d Zhengzhou Central Hospital ^*  (China)

^e ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WARD; ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84929294780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104673     Document Type: Article

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