Paradoxical risk perception and behaviours related to Avian Flu outbreak and education campaign, Laos

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Barennes, Hubert ^a,b   Harimanana, Aina N ^b   Lorvongseng, Somchay ^b   Ongkhammy, Somvay ^b   Chu, Cindy ^c  

^a Institut Francophone Pour la Médecine Tropicale Vientiane   (Laos)

^b Institut Francophone de Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAOS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POULTRY FARMING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIRD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; RANDOMIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77957739377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-294     Document Type: Article

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