Avian flu pandemic - Flight of the healthcare worker?

HEC Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-385

  Shabanowitz, Robert B ^a   Reardon, Judith E ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE SEVERITY; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PANDEMIC; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449522169     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-009-9114-9     Document Type: Article

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