Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 5 , Pages 462-470 , May 2008

Patient knowledge and attitudes about avian influenza in an internal medicine clinic

  • Michael A. Gaglia Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Division of General Academic Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 600, 230 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Tel.: +17343953924; fax: +14126924838.
    • ,
  • Robert L. Cook

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Florida, USA
    • ,
  • Kevin L. Kraemer

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Michael B. Rothberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, Tufts University, USA

Received 17 January 2007 ,Revised 4 June 2007 ,Accepted 31 July 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00272-7

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.07.021

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 5 , Pages 462-470 , May 2008

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