Emergency preparedness for pandemic influenza

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 661-671

  Scarfone, Richard J ^a,b   Alexander, Sharon ^b   Coffin, Susan E ^a   St John, Keith H ^b   Sullivan, Frank ^b   Wagner, Jacqueline ^b   Zaoutis, Theoklis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency preparedness; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; HEMAGGLUTININ; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; RIMANTADINE; SIALIDASE; ZANAMIVIR;

CONTINUING EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33748761142     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000235844.82566.a9     Document Type: Review

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