Medical care capacity for influenza outbreaks, Los Angeles

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 569-574

  Glaser, Carol A ^a,b,c   Gilliam, Sabrina ^a,b,c   Thompson, William W ^a,b,c   Dassey, David E ^a,b,c   Waterman, Stephen H ^a,b,c   Saruwatari, Mitchell ^a,b,c   Shapiro, Stanley ^a,b,c   Fukuda, Keiji ^a,b,c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036100089     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0806.010370     Document Type: Article

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