Individual differences in behavioral reactions to H1N1 during a later stage of the epidemic

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-21

  Gaygisiz, Ümmügülsüm ^a   Gaygisiz, Esma ^b   özkan, Türker ^b   Lajunen, Timo ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Avoidance; H1N1 epidemic; Individual differences; Protective behaviors; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SWINE INFLUENZA;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS; PERSONALITY; TURKEY;

EID: 84857119042     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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