Using an online survey of healthcare-seeking behaviour to estimate the magnitude and severity of the 2009 H1N1v influenza epidemic in England

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Brooks Pollock, Ellen ^a   Tilston, Natasha ^a   Edmunds, W John ^a   Eames, Ken T D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; HOSPITALIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952706157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-68     Document Type: Article

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