All hands on deck: Transdisciplinary approaches to emerging infectious disease

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 258-272

  Parkes, Margot W ^a,b   Bienen, Leslie ^c   Breilh, Jaime ^d   Hsu, Lee Nah ^e   McDonald, Marian ^f   Patz, Jonathan A ^g   Rosenthal, Joshua P ^h   Sahani, Mazrura ⁱ   Sleigh, Adrian ^j   Waltner Toews, David ^k   Yassi, Annalee ^a,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Centro de Estudios Y Asesoria en Salud ^*  (United States)

^d Centro de Estudios y Asesoria en Salud   (Ecuador)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^j The Australian National University   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^l Inst of Health Promotion Research   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Emerging infectious diseases; HIV; Nipah virus; SARS; Social ecological systems; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NIPAH VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER SUPPLY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS;

EID: 28244435859     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-8387-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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