Assessing physicians' in training attitudes and behaviors during the 2009 H1N1 influenza season: A cross-sectional survey of medical students and residents in an urban academic setting

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 267-275

  May, Larissa ^a   Katz, Rebecca ^b   Johnston, Lindsay ^b   Sanza, Megan ^b   Petinaux, Bruno ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection control; Influenza; Medical education

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; URBAN AREA;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955801595     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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