China's capacity of hospitals to deal with infectious diseases in the context of climate change

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue , 2018, Pages 60-66

  Tong, Michael Xiaoliang ^a   Hansen, Alana ^a   Hanson Easey, Scott ^a   Xiang, Jianjun ^a   Cameron, Scott ^a   Liu, Qiyong ^b   Liu, Xiaobo ^b   Sun, Yehuan ^c   Weinstein, Philip ^a   Han, Gil Soo ^d   Bi, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Clinical professionals; Hospital capacity; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ANHUI; CHINA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045838831     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.04.021     Document Type: Article

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