Perceptions of personal health risks by medical and non-medical workers in a university medical center: A survey study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Listyowardojo, Tita Alissa ^a   Nap, Raoul E ^b   Johnson, Addie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78049505990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-681     Document Type: Article

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