‘Fuzzy’ virus: indeterminate influenza biology, diagnosis and surveillance in the risk ontologies of the general public in time of pandemics

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 115-131

  Lohm, Davina ^a   Davis, Mark ^a   Flowers, Paul ^b   Stephenson, Niamh ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

flu; H1N1 (swine influenza); influenza; public health; risk; risk ontology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84929508814     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2015.1031645     Document Type: Article

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