Public awareness of three major infectious diseases in rural Zhejiang province, China: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liu, He ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Jin, Mingjuan ^a   Jing, Fangyuan ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Chen, Kun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Awareness; Infectious disease; Prevention; Rural residents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876803376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-192     Document Type: Article

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