Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 435-437 , July 2010

Needlestick injuries among nursing students in China

  • Wan-Xia Yao

      Affiliations

    • The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710061 Shaanxi Province, China
    • School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710049 Shaanxi Province, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Room 111, Building 28, North Block, Mingdemen, Yanta District, Xi’an Shaanxi 710061, China. Tel.: +8629 85451656, +86 13072938612 (mobile); fax: +8602982327399.
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  • Biao Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Illuminating Engineering & Light Source, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China
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  • Cong Yao

      Affiliations

    • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710003 Shaanxi Province, China
    • ,
  • Pei-Song Bai

      Affiliations

    • The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710061 Shaanxi Province, China
    • ,
  • Yao-Rong Qian

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Guangzhou Medical Colledge, 510180 Guangdong Province, China
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  • Cai-Hui Huang

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Henan Province, China
    • ,
  • Miao Liu

      Affiliations

    • The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710061 Shaanxi Province, China
    • School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710049 Shaanxi Province, China

,Accepted 24 September 2009.

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PII: S0260-6917(09)00193-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.09.018

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 435-437 , July 2010

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