Another nightmare after SARS: Knowledge perceptions of and overcoming strategies for h1n1 influenza among chronic renal disease patients in Hong Kong

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 893-904

  Siu, Judy Yuen Man ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Community and public health; Health behavior; Illness and disease; Infectious; Responses; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77953785756     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310367501     Document Type: Article

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