The effects of media reports on disease spread and important public health measurements

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Collinson, Shannon ^a   Khan, Kamran ^b,c   Heffernan, Jane M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MASS MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH MEASUREMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PANDEMIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PANDEMICS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84951129957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141423     Document Type: Article

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