Hawaii physician and nurse bioterrorism preparedness survey

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 404-413

  Kat, Alan R ^a   Nekorchuk, Dawn M ^a   Holck, Peter S ^a   Hendrickson, Lisa A ^b   Imrie, Allison A ^a   Effler, Paul V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

bioterrorism preparedness; bioterrorism training; continuing education; Hawaii; knowledge based survey; patient care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 33947595889     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004118     Document Type: Article

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