Influenza pandemic preparedness: Motivation for protection among small and medium businesses in Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Watkins, Rochelle E ^a   Cooke, Feonagh C ^a   Donovan, Robert J ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^b,c   Itzwerth, Ralf ^b   Plant, Aileen J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; ADULT; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSENTEEISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; GERMANY; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SOFTWARE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCE; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547623198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-157     Document Type: Article

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