Self-reported anticipated compliance with physician advice to stay home during pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Results from the 2009 Queensland Social Survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brown, Lawrence H ^a   Aitken, Peter ^a,b   Leggat, Peter A ^a   Speare, Richard ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMON COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANDEMIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANDEMICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77950293558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-138     Document Type: Article

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