Level of concern and precaution taking among australians regarding travel during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Results from the 2009 Queensland social survey

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 291-295

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

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PANDEMIC; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF CARE; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956210265     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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