Perception in relation to a potential influenza pandemic among healthcare workers in Japan: Implications for preparedness

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-23

  Imai, Teppei ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a,i   Todoroki, Miwako ^a   Kunishima, Hiroyuki ^b   Hoshuyama, Tsutomu ^a   Ide, Reiko ^a   Kawasaki, Takashi ^c   Koyama, Nobuya ^d   Endo, Kazuo ^e   Fujita, Hiroshi ^f   Iwata, Kentaro ^g   Koh, Gerald ^h   Chia, Sin Eng ^h   Koh, David ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Epidemiology; Health personnel; Human; Infection control; Influenza; Occupational health; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 40349103285     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.50.13     Document Type: Article

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