Avian influenza pandemic threat and health systems response

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 430-443

  Bradt, David A ^a,b   Drummond, Christina M ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Disaster; Epidemic; Mass casualty medical care; Pandemic; Triage

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANIMAL HEALTH; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33750483923     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00906.x     Document Type: Review

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