SARS-related perceptions in Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 417-424

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a,b   Yang, Xilin ^a   Pang, Ellie ^a   Tsui, H Y ^a   Wong, Eric ^a   Yun, Kwok Wing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELPLESSNESS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRODUCTIVITY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RANDOMIZATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEWAGE; STRESS; TELEPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 14644440872     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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