Risk perception and information-seeking behaviour during the 2009/10 influenza a(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in Germany

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Walter, D ^a,b   Bohmer M M ^a,b   Reiter, S ^a   Krause, G ^a   Wichmann, O ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RISK; TELECONSULTATION;

EID: 84859129524     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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