Workplace safety concerns among co-workers of responder returning from Ebola-affected Country

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2077-2079

  Chan, Benjamin P ^a   Daly, Elizabeth R ^a   Talbot, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; STANDARDS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLUNTEERS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84944583915     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2111.150780     Document Type: Article

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