Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards pandemic influenza among cases, close contacts, and healthcare workers in tropical Singapore: a cross-sectional survey.

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Published in BMC Public Health on July 28, 2010

Authors

Jonathan Yap1, Vernon J Lee, Teng Yan Yau, Tze Pin Ng, Phern-Chern Tor

Author Affiliations

1: Healthcare Branch, Ministry of Defence, Singapore.

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