The vagaries of public support for government actions in case of a pandemic

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2294-2301

  Hilyard, Karen M ^a   Freimuth Prof , Vicki S ^b   Donald director, Musa ^c   Supriya, Kumar ^d   Sandra, Crouse Quinn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953801002     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0474     Document Type: Article

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