Knowledge about pandemic flu among Italian Health Care Workers (HCWs): An Italian survey

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-130

  Cadeddu, Chiara ^a   Di Thiene, D ^b   Ricciardi, W ^a   Bocia, A ^b   La Tore, G ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Knowledge; Pandemic flu

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; E-MAIL; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION LITERACY; INTERNET; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PORK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWINE INFLUENZA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PANDEMICS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80052934646     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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