Russian health care workers' knowledge of tuberculosis and infection control

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1489-1492

  Woith, W M ^a   Volchenkov, G ^b   Larson, J L ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vladimir Oblast Tuberculosis Dispensary   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health care workers; Infection control; Knowledge; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; RUSSIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78049415902     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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