Open AccessTemporal trends in occupational accidents involving exposure to biological material in Brazil, 2010 to 2016
Author(s) -
Sâmea Cristina Santos Gomes,
Thaís Furtado Ferreira,
Arlene de Jesus Mendes Caldas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.181
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2447-0147
pISSN - 1679-4435
DOI - 10.47626/1679-4435-2021-565
Subject(s) - environmental health , occupational safety and health , incidence (geometry) , ecological study , demography , geography , occupational exposure , health care , medicine , population , physics , pathology , sociology , optics , economics , economic growth
Accidents involving biological material are the main cause of occupational exposure among health care professionals.