The community's attitude towards swine flu and pandemic influenza

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 267-269

  Seale, Holly ^a   McLaws, Mary Louise ^a   Heywood, Anita E ^a   Ward, Kirsten F ^b   Lowbridge, Chris P ^c   Van, Debbie ^a   Gralton, Jan ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b General Practice NSW   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 74049100591     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02781.x     Document Type: Article

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