Evaluation of a communications campaign to increase physician reporting to a surveillance system

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-27

  Gelberg, Kitty H ^a   Brissette, Ian F ^a   Cummings, Karen ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; KNOWLEDGE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 79951519269     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600106     Document Type: Article

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