Avian influenza risk perception, Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 677-682

  Fielding, Richard ^a,b   Lam, Wendy W T ^a   Ho, Ella Y Y ^a   Tai, Hing Lam ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 17844384569     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1105.041225     Document Type: Review

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