Listeria education in pregnancy: Lost opportunity for health professionals

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 468-474

  Bondarianzadeh, Dolly ^a,b   Yeatman, Heather ^b   Condon Paoloni, Deanne ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food; Knowledge; Listeria monocytogenes; Pregnancy; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LISTERIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 35448931630     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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