Impact of pandemic flu training on ability of medical personnel to recognize an index case of avian influenza

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-173

  Adini, Bruria ^a,b   Goldberg, Avishay ^b   Cohen, Robert ^b   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISRAEL; PANDEMIC; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; PANDEMICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84859799698     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr030     Document Type: Article

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