Public perceptions of the transmission of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 from pigs and pork products in Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 165-175

  Dhand, Navneet K ^a   Hernandez Jover, Marta ^a   Taylor, Melanie ^b   Holyoake, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

A H1N1; Behaviour; Concerns; Health emergency; Pandemic influenza; Perceptions; Swine flu

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

SUIDAE;

EID: 78650512725     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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