Television exposure is related to fear of avian flu, an Ecological Study across 23 member states of the European Union

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 370-374

  Van Den Bulck, Jan ^a   Custers, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian influenza (H5N1); Ecological study; Fear; Pandemic; Television exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEAR; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449090003     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp061     Document Type: Article

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