Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-206

  Agüero, Fernando ^a,b   Adell, Manel Nebot ^a,b,c,d   Pérez Giménez, Anna ^b,c,d   López Medina, María José ^b,c,d   Garcia Continente, Xavier ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Influenza; Risk perception prevention and control.

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASK; PERCEPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052678013     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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