Concerns and preparedness for an avian influenza pandemic: A comparison between community hospital and tertiary hospital healthcare workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 653-661

  Cheong, Seng Kwing ^a   Wong, Teck Yee ^a   Lee, Heow Yong ^b   Fong, Yuke Tien ^b   Tan, Boon Yeow ^c   Koh, Gerald C H ^a   Chan, Kin Ming ^d   Chia, Sin Eng ^a   Koh, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c St Luke's Hospital   (Singapore)

^d Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Community hospital; Concerns; Healthcare workers; Preparedness; Tertiary hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANDEMIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; STAFF TRAINING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SINGAPORE;

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EID: 36749047532     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.653     Document Type: Article

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