Restrictive measures in an influenza pandemic: A qualitative study of public perspectives

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 348-352

  Smith, Maxwell J ^a   Bensimon, Cécile M ^a   Perez, Daniel F ^b   Sahni, Sachin S ^c   Upshur, Ross E G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Influenza; Pandemics; Public health; Qualitative research; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871372806     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404439     Document Type: Article

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