Risk Communication and Pandemic Influenza

Risk Communication and Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Petts, Judith ^a   Draper, Heather ^a   Ives, Jonathan ^a   Damery, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza; Pandemic; Public health; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864706346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562848.003.10     Document Type: Chapter

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