Clinical knowledge and attitudes of Turkish physicians toward rabies caused by animal bites

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-390

  Gönen, Ismail ^a   Soysal, Ahmet ^a   Topuzoǧlu, Ahmet ^a   Bakir, Mustafa ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BITE; BITE WOUND; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOUND CARE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BITES AND STINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; TURKEY;

EID: 80053054671     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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