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Prevalence and correlates of needle-stick injuries among active duty police officers in Tijuana, Mexico

INTRODUCTION: Police officers are at an elevated risk for needle-stick injuries (NSI), which pose a serious and costly occupational health risk for HIV and viral hepatitis. However, research on NSIs among police officers is limited, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Despite the legalit...

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Autores principales: Mittal, María Luisa, Beletsky, Leo, Patiño, Efraín, Abramovitz, Daniela, Rocha, Teresita, Arredondo, Jaime, Bañuelos, Arnulfo, Rangel, Gudelia, Strathdee, Steffanie A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International AIDS Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4951532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27435711
http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.19.4.20874