A crisis: Fear toward a possible H5n1 pandemic

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-183

  Tzeng, Huey Ming ^a   Yin, Chang Yi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Avian flu; Emerging infectious diseases; H5n1; Nurse; Physicians

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEAR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; FEAR; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 41149119971     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000313768.17514.a3     Document Type: Article

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