Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards avian influenza A (H5N1) among Cambodian women: A cross-sectional study

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 727-734

  Khun, Mav ^a,b   Heng, Chantha ^b   Md , Harun Or Rashid ^a   Kasuya, Hideki ^a   Sakamoto, Junichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kampot Provincial Health Department   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cambodia; Highly pathogenic avian influenza; Kampot; Knowledge; Practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAMBODIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STUDENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863882845     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60115-1     Document Type: Article

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