Awareness of rabies risks and knowledge about preventive measures among experienced German travel health advisors

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Ross, R Stefan ^a   Wolters, Bernd ^a   Viazov, Sergei O ^a   Roggendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPORIATRICS; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RURAL AREA; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RISK; TRAVEL;

EID: 33748937566     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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