Australian Hajj pilgrims’ knowledge, attitude and perception about ebola, november 2014 to february 2015

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Alqahtani, A S ^a,b   Wiley, K E ^a,b   Willaby, H W ^a,b   BinDhim, N F ^c   Tashani, M ^a   Heywood, A E ^d   Booy, R ^a,e   Rashid, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIAN; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROWDING (AREA); EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ISLAM; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROWDING; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961306334     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.12.21072     Document Type: Article

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