Stigma in the time of influenza: Social and institutional responses to pandemic emergencies

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Barrett, Ron ^a   Brown, Peter J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MALNUTRITION; MIGRATION; PANDEMIC; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PLAGUE; POULTRY; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 40049098666     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524986     Document Type: Review

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