Beyond resistance: Social factors in the general public response to pandemic influenza

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Davis, Mark D M ^a   Stephenson, Niamh ^b   Lohm, Davina ^a   Waller, Emily ^b   Flowers, Paul ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946185742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1756-8     Document Type: Article

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