Open AccessTelevision exposure is related to fear of avian flu, an Ecological Study across 23 member states of the European Union
Author(s) -
Jan Van den Bulck,
Kathleen Custers
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckp061
Subject(s) - pandemic , outbreak , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , demography , european union , environmental health , population , panic , covid-19 , geography , psychology , medicine , virus , disease , virology , psychiatry , economics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology , anxiety , pathology , economic policy
A pandemic outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza is believed to coincide with large-scale panic. Even without an outbreak fear of infection may be widespread. Mass media coverage of the risks of a pandemic may lead to higher levels of fear.
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