Ebola risk perception in Germany, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1012-1018

  Rübsamen, Nicole ^a,b   Castell, Stefanie ^a   Horn, Johannes ^a,b   Karch, André ^a,b   Ott, Jördis J ^a   Raupach Rosin, Heike ^a   Zoch, Beate ^a,b   Krause, Gérard ^a,c   Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b German Centre for Infection Research ^*  (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTEER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EBOLAVIRUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929394615     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2106.150013     Document Type: Article

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