How prepared is Europe for pandemic influenza? Analysis of national plans

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9520, 2006, Pages 1405-1411

  Mounier Jack, Sandra ^a   Coker, Richard J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COORDINATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33646144680     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68511-5     Document Type: Article

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