Demographic and attitudinal determinants of protective behaviours during a pandemic: A review

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 797-824

  Bish, Alison ^b   Michie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 77952951761     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910710X485826     Document Type: Article

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