Perceived risk, anxiety, and behavioural responses of the general public during the early phase of the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in the Netherlands: Results of three consecutive online surveys

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bults, Marloes ^a   Beaujean, Desirée J M A ^b   De Zwart, Onno ^a   Kok, Gerjo ^c   Van Empelen, Pepijn ^d   Van Steenbergen, Jim E ^b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a,d   Voeten, Hélène A C M ^a  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PANDEMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650752825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-2     Document Type: Article

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