Presenting features of meningococcal disease, public health messages and media publicity: Are they consistent?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1127, 2001, Pages 83-85

  Aponso, Dihan ^a   Bullen, Christopher ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c Auckland Hlthcare Pub Hlth P   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035831478     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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