Comparison of Different Risk Perception Measures in Predicting Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among Healthy Chinese Adults in Hong Kong: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Liao, Qiuyan ^a   Wong, Wing Sze ^b   Fielding, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2 POINT VERBAL SCALE; 6 POINT VERBAL SCALE; 7 POINT VERBAL SCALE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UPTAKE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCENTAGE SCALE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEASONS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880397363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068019     Document Type: Article

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