New Influenza A/H1N1 ("Swine Flu"): Information needs of airport passengers and staff

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Dickmann, P ^a,b   Rubin, G J ^c   Gaber, W ^d   Wessely, S ^c   Wicker, S ^a   Serve, H ^a   Gottschalk, R ^a,e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FRAPORT AG   (Germany)

^e Health Protection Authority City of Frankfurt am Main   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Influenza; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICO; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF; SWINE INFLUENZA; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRPORTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650144276     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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