A cross-sectional study of pandemic influenza health literacy and the effect of a public health campaign

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jhummon Mahadnac, Namrata Devi ^a   Knott, Jonathan ^a   Marshall, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIROLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84864121177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-377     Document Type: Article

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