Where do we stand in the control of rabies? Knowledge and practices among physicians in a health district in Turkey

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-155

  Koruk, Suda Tekin ^a   Koruk, Ibrahim ^a   Kutlu, Seher ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sanliurfa Health Directorate   (Turkey)

Author keywords

rabies; rabies control; Turkey; viral zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; TURKEY;

EID: 79958761996     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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