World Rabies Day outreach to Asia: Empowering people through education

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-457

  Costa, Peter ^a,b,f   Briggs, Deborah J ^a,b,c   Tumpey, Abbigail ^d   Dedmon, Robert ^a,b,e   Coutts, Jane ^a,b  

^a Alliance for Rabies Control   (United Kingdom)

^b Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f MPH CHES   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Communication; Education; Rabies prevention; World Rabies Day

Indexed keywords

ASIA; AWARENESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RABIES; REVIEW;

EID: 70349335979     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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