Knowledge and beliefs about guidelines for exclusion of ill children from child care

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 365-371

  Copeland, Kristen A ^a,d   Duggan, Anne K ^b   Shope, Timothy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Child day care centers; Communicable disease; Exclusion; Health knowledge; Health policy; Practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28944434487     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A05-006R1.1     Document Type: Article

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