Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of avian influenza, poultry workers, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1762-1765

  Abbate, Rossella ^a   Di Giuseppe, Gabriella ^b   Marinelli, Paolo ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POULTRY; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33750540154     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1211.060671     Document Type: Article

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