Frequency of hepatitis B immunity and occupational exposures to body fluids among brazilian medical students at a public university Frequências de imunidade para hepatite B e de exposição ocupacional a fluídos corpóreos entre estudantes de medicina em uma universidade pública brasileira

In the present study the frequencies of immunity against hepatitis B (HB) and of potentially contaminating accidents among medical students of a Brazilian public university were evaluated. Of all the 400 students who should have been immunized, 303 (75.7%), 66.3% of whom were women, answered an anon...

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Main Authors: Luiz Carlos Marques de Oliveira, João Paulo Jordão Pontes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652010000500005