Age and ethnic differences in cold weather and contagion theories of colds and flu

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-76

  Sigelman, Carol K ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; illness beliefs; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COLD; COMMON COLD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERM THEORY OF DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COLD TEMPERATURE; COMMON COLD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERM THEORY OF DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856433683     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198111407187     Document Type: Article

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