Public health response for the 1996 olympic games

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 18, 1998, Pages

  Meehan, Patrick ^a,c   Toomey, Kathleen E ^a   Drinnon, James ^a   Cunningham, Samuel ^a   Anderson, Nancy ^b   Baker, Edward ^b  

^a Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Public Health   (United States)

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

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 2642683233     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.18.1469     Document Type: Article

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