Evaluation of West Nile virus education campaign

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1751-1753

  Averett, Ellen ^a,c   Neuberger, John S ^a   Hansen, Gail ^b   Fox, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 27744540604     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1111.050363     Document Type: Article

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