Enhancing the role of health communication in the prevention of infectious diseases

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1566-1571

  Würz, Andrea ^a   Nurm, Ülla Karin ^a   Ekdahl, Karl ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84890524948     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.840698     Document Type: Article

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