How has the flu virus infected the Web? 2010 influenza and vaccine information available on the Internet

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Covolo, Loredana ^a   Mascaretti, Silvia ^b   Caruana, Anna ^b   Orizio, Grazia ^c   Caimi, Luigi ^b   Gelatti, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Brescia Local Health Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccine; Information; Internet; Public health

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERNET; PANDEMIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; PANDEMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872968787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-83     Document Type: Article

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