Survey of hospital healthcare personnel response during a potential avian influenza pandemic: Will they come to work?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 328-335

  Irvin, Charlene B ^a   Cindrich, Lauren ^b   Patterson, William ^c   Southall, Anthony ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

absenteeism; avian flu; fear; healthcare workforce; pandemic; planning; safety

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIRDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149157447     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005963     Document Type: Article

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