'Zoonoses? Not sure what that is...' An assessment of knowledge of zoonoses among medical students in India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 254-261

  Kakkar, Manish ^a   Ramani, Sudha ^a   Menon, Geetha ^b   Sankhe, Lalit ^c   Gaidhane, Abhay ^d   Krishnan, Sampath ^a,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Indian Institute of Public Health   (India)

^c GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Medical curriculum; Public health; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RABIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INDIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79955034367     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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