Who is that masked person: The use of face masks on Mexico City public transportation during the Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak

Health Policy

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-56

  Condon, Bradly John ^a,b   Sinha, Tapen ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A (HINI); Influenza; Mask use; Mexico. Public policy; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; MEXICO; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77349097999     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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