Surgeons' and occupational health departments' awareness of guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for staff exposed to HIV: telephone survey
- PMID: 10406752
- PMCID: PMC28167
- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7203.162
Surgeons' and occupational health departments' awareness of guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for staff exposed to HIV: telephone survey
Comment in
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Guidelines on HIV prophylaxis must be implemented.BMJ. 1999 Nov 27;319(7222):1430-1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1430a. BMJ. 1999. PMID: 10574871 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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