Why the French did not choose to panic: A dynamic analysis of the public response to the influenza pandemic

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 332-344

  Sherlaw, William ^a   Raude, Jocelyn ^a  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Framing; Pandemic influenza; Panic; Representations; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84875535871     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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