Sociocultural dimensions of the ebola virus disease outbreak in liberia

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 301-305

  Ravi, Sanjana J ^a   Gauldin, Eric M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VIRUS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIBERIA; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; FUNERAL RITES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84915760729     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2014.1002     Document Type: Review

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