SARS risk perceptions in healthcare workers, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 404-410

  Imai, Teppei ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a,d   Hoshuyama, Tsutomu ^a   Hasegawa, Naoki ^b   Lim, Meng Kin ^c   Koh, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 14644420260     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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