Heeding the message? Determinants of risk behaviours for west nile virus

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-141

  Eliott, Susan J ^a   Loeb, Mark ^a   Harrington, Daniel ^a   Eyles, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Public health; Risk reduction behavior; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK REDUCTION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 41749100389     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405462     Document Type: Article

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