Knowledge and attitudes about Tetanus and Rabies: A population-based survey from Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 378-382

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Malik, Abdul ^b   Fahim, Ammad ^a   Yousuf, Adnan ^a   Chawla, Rajesh ^a   Daniel, Haroon ^a   Rafay, Muhammad ^a   Azam, Iqbal ^a   Razzak, Junaid ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Rabies; Tetanus; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BITE WOUND; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG BITE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PAKISTAN; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; SOCIAL ASPECT; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; TETANUS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859119130     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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