Anticipated and current preventive behaviors in response to an anticipated human-to-human H5N1 epidemic in the Hong Kong Chinese general population

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Kim, Jean H ^a   Tsui, Hi ^a   Griffiths, Sian ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; FAMILY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TELEPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GAS MASK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 34047211794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-18     Document Type: Article

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