Factors affecting perceived risk of contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome among academic physicians

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1111-1113

  Grace, Sherry L ^a,c   Hershenfield, Karen ^a,b   Robertson, Emma ^a   Stewart, Donna E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PHYSICIAN; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 10844274688     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502352     Document Type: Article

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