Acceptance of public health measures by air travelers, Switzerland

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 831-832

  Senpinar Brunner, Nicole ^a   Eckert, Tobias ^a,b,c   Wyss, Kaspar ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPORT; AVIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MALE; PANDEMIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCREENING; SWITZERLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 66149145278     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.080933     Document Type: Letter

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