Knowledge and concern about avian influenza among secondary school students in Taif, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Al Shehri, A S ^a   Abdel Fattah, M ^a   Hifnawy, T ^a  

^a AL HADA ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVIAN INFLUENZA; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845978447     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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