Talking about colds and flu: The lay diagnosis of two common illnesses among older British people

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 922-928

  Prior, Lindsay ^a   Evans, Meirion R ^b   Prout, Hayley ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co occurrence relations; Colds and Influenza; Expert patients; Lay diagnosis; Lay expertise

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLUENZA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COMMON COLD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; WALES;

SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

FLU VACCINE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 80052264687     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.054     Document Type: Article

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