Evaluation of knowledge about cryptosporidiosis in a sample of physicians from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;Avaliação do conhecimento sobre criptosporidiose em uma amostra de médicos de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-123

  Wiebbelling, Adilia M P ^a,b,d   Mezzari, Adelina ^c   Schenato, Letícia K ^d   Richter, Vinicius T ^d   Bohme, Eduardo Siaim ^d  

^a Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Immunodeficiency; Parasitological stool test

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645028879     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-24442002000200008     Document Type: Review

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