Policies and Practices Used for the Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs
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hematological changes in nurses handling antineoplastic drugs
a cross-sectional study to determine whether occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs can cause hematologic changes was performed. blood samples were collected from a group of 24 hematology/oncology nurses who were exposed to antineoplastic drugs during a mean preiod of 5.5 years (standard error =1.1). the control group, matched by sex, and age, consisted of 18 nurses, worked on other sect...
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عنوان ژورنال: AAOHN Journal
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0891-0162
DOI: 10.1177/216507999003801102