Differences in sources of information used by the population between the affected area and the general population during the first phase of a bird flu outbreak

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-59

  Peltz, Rami ^a   Galit, Avisar Shohat ^a   Ventura Gabay, Miri ^b   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

bird flu; information; Israel; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TELEVISION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ISRAEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEVISION;

EID: 46349096181     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005574     Document Type: Article

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