Communicable disease control - Still a core public health function

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-

  Van Steenbergen, Jim ^a   Gelletlie, Ruth ^b   Van Casteren, Viviane ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MYCOTOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVOLUTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURVIVAL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 33645470472     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl033     Document Type: Editorial

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