Biography, pandemic time and risk: Pregnant women reflecting on their experiences of the 2009 influenza pandemic

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 493-508

  Lohm, Davina ^a   Flowers, Paul ^b   Stephenson, Niamh ^c   Waller, Emily ^c   Davis, Mark D M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

health policy; illness behaviour; risk and health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCOTLAND;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PANDEMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84905185452     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459313516135     Document Type: Article

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