Will the NHS continue to function in an influenza pandemic? a survey of healthcare workers in the West Midlands, UK

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Damery, Sarah ^a   Wilson, Sue ^a   Draper, Heather ^a   Gratus, Christine ^a   Greenfield, Sheila ^a   Ives, Jonathan ^a   Parry, Jayne ^a   Petts, Judith ^a   Sorell, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; NURSING; PANDEMIC; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK EXPERIENCE; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SECURITY MEASURES; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749127257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-142     Document Type: Article

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