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Impact of Knowledge and Positive Attitudes About Avian Influenza (H5N1 Virus Infection) on Infection Control and Influenza Vaccination Practices of Thai Healthcare Workers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Piphob Phattanakeitchai ,
David K. Warren  and
Victoria J. Fraser
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Piphob Phattanakeitchai
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand12120, (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , pp. 472 - 474
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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