Influence of country of study on student responsiveness to the H1N1 pandemic

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 460-466

  Griffiths, S M ^a   Wong, A H ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Yung, T K C ^a   Lau, J T F ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

College health; H1N1; Health policy; International health; Pandemic response

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; OSELTAMIVIR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; HONG KONG; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956056095     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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