Risk communication and college students: The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 473-474

  Soto Mas, Francisco ^a   Olivárez, Arturo ^a   Jacobson, Holly E ^b   Hsu, Chiewen Ed ^c   Miller, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; H1N1 influenza; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957886701     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.04.004     Document Type: Letter

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