Predictors of protective behaviors among American travelers to the 2009 Hajj

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 189-190

  Balaban, V ^a   Stauffer, W ^a,b   Hammad, A ^c   Afgarshe, M ^d   Abd Alla, M ^e   Ahmed, Q ^f   Memish, Z ^g   Saba, J ^c   Harton, E ^a   Palumbo, G ^a   Marano, N ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services   (United States)

^d Gargar Urgent Care and Clinic   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TRAVEL;

H1N1 INFLUENZA; HAJJ; MASS GATHERINGS; PROTECTIVE HEALTH PRACTICES; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISLAM; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE EAST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84887217469     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2013.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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