Problems with rabies postexposure management: A survey of 499 public hospitals in Thailand

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-32

  Kositprapa, Chartchai ^a   Wimalratna, Omala ^b   Chomchey, Pranee ^c   Chareonwai, Samran ^c   Benjavongkulchai, Maneerat ^c   Khawplod, Pakamatz ^c   Wilde, Henry ^c,d  

^a ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^c KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^d QUEEN SAOVABHA MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PURIFIED VERO CELL RABIES VACCINE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; THAILAND; VACCINATION;

HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; THAILAND;

EID: 0031894795     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00453.x     Document Type: Article

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