Examining the knowledge of and attitudes to pandemic influenza among general practice staff

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 378-380

  Seale, Holly ^a   Ward, Kirsten F ^b   Zwar, Nick ^a   Van, Debbie ^c   Leask, Julie ^d   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b General Practice NSW   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CITY; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; RURAL AREA; SKILL; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSES;

EID: 77951893361     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03558.x     Document Type: Article

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