Hajj Pilgrims' knowledge about middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, August to September 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 41, 2013, Pages

  Gautret, Philippe ^a,b   Benkouiten, Samir ^a,b   Salaheddine, Imane ^b   Belhouchat, Khadidja ^b   Drali, Tassadit ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a,b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885607196     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.41.20604     Document Type: Article

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