Knowledge about pandemic influenza and compliance with containment measures among Australians

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 588-594

  Eastwood, Keith ^a,c   Durrheim, David ^b   Francis, J Lynn ^a   D'Espaignet, Edouard Tursan ^a   Duncan, Sarah ^a   Islam, Fakhrul ^a   Speare, Rick ^c  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEYING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 68249107358     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.060772     Document Type: Article

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