Situational awareness and health protective responses to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Liao, Qiuyan ^a   Cowling, Benjamin ^a   Lam, Wing Tak ^a   Ng, Man Wai ^a   Fielding, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149426530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013350     Document Type: Article

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