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Article: HK citizens lack knowledge on correct means of bird flu protection:survey
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 3, 2004
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HK citizens lack knowledge on correct means of bird flu
protection: survey
HONG KONG, June 3 (Xinhua) -- A survey announced by the University
of Hong Kong here Thursday showed that Hong Kong people lack
knowledge about the correct means of protection from bird flu.
With the aim to understand Hong Kong people's practices and
attitudes regarding live animal markets and associated perceptions of
risk, the university's Hong Kong Community Practices and Opinions
Departments of Community Medicine and Unit for Behavioral Science and
Nursing Studies surveyed 986 citizens aged between 18 and 98 years
old between mid-February and mid-March 2004, as bird flu ravaged
South East Asia.
It showed that ...