Occupational Hazards for Operating Room-Based Physicians: Analysis of Data From the United States and the United Kingdom

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 1977, Pages 955-959

  Spence, Alastair A ^a   Cohen, Ellis N ^b   Knill Jones, Robin P ^a   Brown, Byron W ^b   Himmelberger, David U ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIVER DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OPERATING ROOM; SEX;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OPERATING ROOMS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944282833     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1977.03280100039020     Document Type: Article

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