Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea during 2015: Risk-related perceptions and quarantine attitudes

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1414-1416

  Kim, E Y ^a   Liao, Q ^b   Yu, E S ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Yoon, S W ^b   Lam, W W T ^b   Fielding, R ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Outbreak control; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PERCEPTION; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOUTH KOREA; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; AGED; ATTITUDE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUARANTINE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964570073     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.014     Document Type: Article

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