Role of household factors in parental attitudes to pandemic influenza-related school closure in Japan: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Uchida, Mitsuo ^a   Kaneko, Minoru ^a   Kawa, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Household; Influenza; Pandemic; School closure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; PANDEMIC; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SIBLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PANDEMICS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84940744566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1089     Document Type: Article

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