Predictors of Hepatitis B Preventive Behavioral Intentions in Healthcare Workers

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-142

  Morowatishaifabad, Mohammad Ali ^a   Zare Sakhvidi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Gholianavval, Mahdi ^a   Masoudi Boroujeni, Darioush ^a   Alavijeh, Mahdi Mirzaei ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

health care workers; hepatitis B; occupational exposure; risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84937642602     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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