The influence of nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and health beliefs on their safe behavior with cytotoxic drugs in Israel

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 192-200

  Ben Ami, Sarah ^a   Shaham, Judith ^b,c   Rabin, Stanley ^b   Melzer, Alex ^b   Ribak, Joseph ^b  

^a General Health Insurance ^*  (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic drugs; Health beliefs; Occupational exposure; Oncology nurses; Safe behavior; Safety measures

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034993429     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200106000-00005     Document Type: Article

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