In their own words: Lessons learned from those exposed to anthrax

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 489-495

  Blanchard, Janice C ^a,b   Haywood, Yolanda ^b   Stein, Bradley D ^c   Tanielian, Terri L ^c   Stoto, Michael ^c   Lurie, Nicole ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c RAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHRAX; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CORRESPONDENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EMERGENCIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTAL SERVICE; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; TRUST; VACCINATION;

EID: 14644431001     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.038349     Document Type: Article

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