The dynamics of risk perceptions and precautionary behavior in response to 2009 (H1N1) pandemic influenza

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ibuka, Yoko ^a   Chapman, Gretchen B ^b   Meyers, Lauren A ^c,d   Li, Meng ^b   Galvani, Alison P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957769344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-296     Document Type: Article

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