What dermatologists do not know about smallpox vaccination: Results from a worldwide electronic survey

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 986-989

  Dellavalle, Robert P ^a,b   Heilig, Lauren F ^b   Francis, Shayla O ^b   Johnson, Kathryn R ^b   Hester, Eric J ^b   McNealy, Kristie M ^b   Schilling, Lisa M ^b   Weston, William L ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLINDNESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONKEYPOX; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMALLPOX; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VACCINATION; VACCINIA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOTERRORISM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DERMATOLOGY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SMALLPOX VACCINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646159758     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700235     Document Type: Article

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