Temporal variation of human encounters and the number of locations in which they occur: A longitudinal study of Hong Kong residents

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 15, Issue 138, 2018, Pages

  Kwok, Kin On ^a,b   Cowling, Ben ^b   Wei, Vivian ^a,b   Riley, Steven ^c   Read, Jonathan M ^d,e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Social contact; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MIXING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATE MEASURES; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; LONGITUDINAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUMBER OF CONTACTS; SOCIAL CONTACTS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

LOCATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL AGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN RELATION; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85047459624     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0838     Document Type: Article

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