Awareness of avian influenza ("bird flu") among attendees of a primary healthcare clinic in Riyadh [4]

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-247

  Al Turki, Yousef Abdulah ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AWARENESS; CHICKEN; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LETTER; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POULTRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745967006     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.245     Document Type: Letter

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