Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to avian influenza among poultry workers in Nepal: A cross sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Neupane, Dinesh ^a   Khanal, Vishnu ^b   Ghimire, Kamal ^c   Aro, Arja R ^a   Leppin, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AWARENESS; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISINFECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NEPAL; POULTRY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLICATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; INFLUENZA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEPAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84859085052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-76     Document Type: Article

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