Early responses to H7N9 in southern Mainland China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Goodwin, Robin ^a   Sun, Shaojing ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian flu; Discrimination; H7N9; Pandemic influenza; Stigmatisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIGRATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TRUST; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SWINE;

EID: 84892164476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-8     Document Type: Article

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