Knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning Middle East respiratory syndrome among Umrah and Hajj pilgrims in Samsun, Turkey, 2015

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 38, 2015, Pages

  Şahin, Mustafa Kürşat ^a   Aker, S ^a   Tuncel, E Kaynar ^b  

^a Canik Community Health Center   (Turkey)

^b Bafra Public Oral Health Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HAND SANITIZER; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; AWARENESS; CONTACT ALLERGY; EDUCATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; TELEVISION VIEWING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; TURKEY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; TURKEY;

EID: 84965092117     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.38.30023     Document Type: Article

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