Measured voluntary avoidance behaviour during the 2009 A/H1N1 epidemic

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1818, 2015, Pages

  Bayham, Jude ^a,b   Kuminoff, Nicolai V ^c   Gunn, Quentin ^c   Fenichel, Eli P ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A H1N1; Avoidance behaviour; Social distancing

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

SUIDAE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84945912046     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0814     Document Type: Article

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