Attention to the media and worry over becoming infected: The case of the Swine Flu (H1N1) Epidemic of 2009

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-331

  Mesch, Gustavo S ^a   Schwirian, Kent P ^b   Kolobov, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Fear; H1N1; Mass media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875533394     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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