Psychometric properties of a standardized questionnaire of knowledge, attitude, and practice of Iranian medical specialists about viral hepatitis

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ghasemi, Shahin ^a   Kabir, Ali ^a,b   Ansari Jafari, Mojtaba ^b   Jalali, Mohammad ^c   Amini, Afshin ^d   Faghihi Kashani, Amir Hossein ^a   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Tehran Heart Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Physicians; Questionnaires; Reliability; Validation Studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 84872363850     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.7650     Document Type: Article

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