Patient knowledge and attitudes about avian influenza in an internal medicine clinic

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 462-470

  Gaglia Jr , Michael A ^a,b   Cook, Robert L ^c   Kraemer, Kevin L ^a   Rothberg, Michael B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Avian influenza; Health knowledge; Pandemic influenza; Practice; Questionnaires; USA

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASK; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TELEVISION; THREAT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 41749116145     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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