Knowledge levels about Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever among Midwifery and Nursing students in Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Ozer, Ali ^a   Miraloglu, Meral ^a   Ekerbicer, Hasan Cetin ^a   Cevik, Firdevs ^a   Aloglu, Nihal ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Knowledge level; Nursing and midwifery students; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049113588     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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