Local public health workers' perceptions toward responding to an influenza pandemic

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Balicer, Ran D ^a   Omer, Saad B ^b   Barnett, Daniel J ^b   Everly Jr , George S ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 33646598397     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-99     Document Type: Article

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