Dengue knowledge, attitudes, and practices among primary care physicians in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 533-538

  Lee, Linda K ^a   Thein, Tun Linn ^a   Kurukularatne, Changa ^a   Gan, Victor C H ^a   Lye, David C ^a,b   Leo, Yee Sin ^a,b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Arbovirus; General practice; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEROLOGY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84855787360     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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