Knowledge, attitudes and public health response towards plague in Petauke, Zambia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-225

  Ngulube, T J ^a   Mwanza, K ^a,b   Njobvu, C A ^a   Muula, A S ^c,d  

^a Centre for Health Science and Social Research (CHESSORE)   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d Centre for Health and Population Studies   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MICE; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RATS; RODENT CONTROL; RURAL HEALTH; STUDENTS; SUPERSTITIONS; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZAMBIA;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33750089752     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947506778604779     Document Type: Article

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