Coccidioidomycosis: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare providers Arizona, 2007

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 649-656

  Chen, Sanny ^a,b   Erhart, Laura M ^b   Anderson, Shoana ^b   Komatsu, Ken ^b   Park, Benjamin ^c   Chiller, Tom ^c   Sunenshine, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control   (United States)

^c Division of Foodborne Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Community acquired pneumonia; Fungus; KAP survey; Lung disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

FUNGI;

EID: 79960468115     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.547995     Document Type: Article

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