Physician awareness of chagas disease, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 871-872

  Stimpert, Kelly K ^a   Montgomery, Susan P ^b  

^a ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951182872     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.091440     Document Type: Letter

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