Bird flu pandemic and tamiflu: Implications for the clinical nurse specialist

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-67

  O'Malley, Patricia ^a  

^a MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MASS MEDIUM; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ACETAMIDES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COSTS; FEAR; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOBBYING; MASS MEDIA; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; OSELTAMIVIR; QUARANTINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33646897350     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002800-200603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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