The public and the smallpox threat

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 426-432

  Blendon, Robert J ^a   DesRoches, Catherine M ^b   Benson, John M ^b   Herrmann, Melissa J ^b   Taylor Clark, Kalahn ^b   Weldon, Kathleen J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMALLPOX; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADULT; BIOTERRORISM; CIVIL DEFENSE; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; RISK; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINIA;

EID: 0037472919     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa023184     Document Type: Article

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