Primary school teachers' knowledge about and attitudes toward anaphylaxis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 428-432

  Ercan, Hulya ^a   Ozen, Ahmet ^a   Karatepe, Hande ^a   Berber, Mustafa ^a   Cengizlier, Reha ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergy management plans; Anaphylaxis; Epinephrine autoinjector; School policies; Teachers' knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EGG ALLERGY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; STAFF TRAINING; STRAWBERRY; TEACHER;

EID: 85027930313     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2012.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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