Recruiting primary care clinicians for public health and bioterrorism surveillance

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Temte, Jonathan L ^a   Grasmick, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

BIOTERRORISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 67449102742     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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