Psychological responses to the SARS outbreak in healthcare students in Hong Kong

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 657-659

  Wong, Josephine G W S ^a   Cheung, Erik P T ^a   Cheung, Vinci ^a   Cheung, Charlton ^a   Chan, Marco T Y ^a   Chua, Siew E ^a   McAlonan, Grainne M ^a   Tsang, Kenneth W T ^a   Ip, Mary S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 12344261003     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590400006572     Document Type: Article

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