Semmelweis' legacy: Insights from an international survey among 265,000 students in 32 countries

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 481-485

  Harbarth, Stephan ^a   Albrich, Werner ^b   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection control; International survey; Knowledge; Student performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PUERPERAL DISORDER; REVIEW; STUDENT;

EID: 7944223972     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00319     Document Type: Article

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