To be vaccinated or not? A survey of Turkish emergency physicians regarding smallpox

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-145

  Yanturali, Sedat ^a   Suner, Selim ^b   Aksay, Ersin ^a   Cevik, Arif Alper ^c   Sonmez, Yonca ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disaster; Emergency; Opinions; Smallpox; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLPOX; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

EID: 13544254478     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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