Avian influenza risk perception and preventive behavior among traditional market workers and shoppers in Taiwan: Practical implications for prevention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Kuo, Pei Chun ^a   Huang, Jiun Hau ^a   Liu, Ming Der ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POULTRY; RISK; STATISTICS;

AVES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POULTRY; RISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 80052393713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024157     Document Type: Article

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