Factors influencing the wearing of facemasks to prevent the severe acute respiratory syndrome among adult Chinese in Hong Kong

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1187-1193

  Tang, Catherine So Kum ^a   Wong, Chi Yan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian; Health behavior; Infection; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 7944229838     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.032     Document Type: Article

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