"I was pretty sure I had the 'flu": Qualitative description of confirmed-influenza symptoms

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-55

  Jutel, Annemarie ^a   Banister, Elizabeth ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Influenza; New Zealand; Self diagnosis

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MALAISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHINORRHEA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SORE THROAT; SWEAT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW ZEALAND;

DIAGNOSIS; INFLUENZA; NEW ZEALAND; SELF-DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890342448     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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