Assessment of H1N1 questions and answers posted on the Web

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-217

  Kim, Sujin ^a,b,c   Pinkerton, Thomas ^b   Ganesh, Nithya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Influenza A FAQ, H1N1 surveillance; Influenza pandemic; Medical Internet research; PubMed; Text mining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEMENTINE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84858794999     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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