Preparedness for anthrax attack: The effect of knowledge on the willingness to treat patients

Disasters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 637-643

  Rokach, Ariel ^a   Cohen, Robert ^b   Shapira, Naomi ^c   Einav, Shmuel ^c   Mandibura, Alex ^c   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^c  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Knowledge; Terrorism; Willingness to treat

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; KNOWLEDGE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHRAX; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOTERRORISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954742487     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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