Media messages and perception of risk for Ebola virus infection, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 108-111

  Sell, Tara Kirk ^a,b   Boddie, Crystal ^a,b   McGinty, Emma E ^b   Pollack, Keshia ^b   Smith, Katherine Clegg ^b   Burke, Thomas A ^c   Rutkow, Lainie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; RADIO; RISK FACTOR; TELEVISION; AFRICA; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; MASS MEDIUM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; RISK; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006387080     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2301.160589     Document Type: Article

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