Journal of Infection
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 545-550 , December 2007

Differences in public emotions, interest, sense of knowledge and compliance between the affected area and the nationwide general population during the first phase of a bird flu outbreak in Israel

  • Rami Peltz

      Affiliations

    • IDF Home Front Command, Israel
    • ,
  • Galit Avisar-Shohat

      Affiliations

    • IDF Home Front Command, Israel
    • ,
  • Yaron Bar-Dayan

      Affiliations

    • IDF Home Front Command, Israel
    • Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 16 Dolev Street, Neve Savion, Or-Yehuda, Israel. Tel.: +97 257 8178 6215.

,Accepted 17 July 2007.

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PII: S0163-4453(07)00704-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.07.014

Journal of Infection
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 545-550 , December 2007

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