Risk communications: In search of a pandemic

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-534

  Menon, K U ^a  

^a National Resilience Division   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Information; Pandemic; Risk communications; SARS; Trust

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

AUTOMUTILATION; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIRIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEAR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PROFIT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 48249097196     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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