A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards avian influenza in an adult population of Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Di Giuseppe, Gabriella ^a   Abbate, Rossella ^a   Albano, Luciana ^a   Marinelli, Paolo ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RAW MEAT; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42149125003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-36     Document Type: Article

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