Knowledge, attitude and practices of Hong Kong residents for dengue fever prevention

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 68-75

  Ho, Mei Lin ^a   Luk, Yee Kam ^a   Choy, Ray Y L ^a  

^a Department of Health   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dengue fever; Knowledge; Practices; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOSQUITO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646169169     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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