Healthcare Workers' Attitudes and Compliance with Universal Precautions: Gender, Occupation, and Specialty Differences
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Healthcare workers' attitudes and compliance with universal precautions: gender, occupation, and specialty differences.
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1086/647517