Knowledge about pandemic influenza in healthcare and non-healthcare students in London

Health Education Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-224

  Purssell, Edward ^a   While, Alison ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

influenza; influenza vaccination; oseltamivir; pandemic influenza; students

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 79959458747     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896910376228     Document Type: Article

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