The world awaits the next pandemic: Will it be H5N1, the 'bird flu'?

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-187

  Allen, Pat Jackson ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Bird flu; H5N1; Pandemic influenza; Pediatric nursing

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONSUMER; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSE'S ROLE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33750612534     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493506066479     Document Type: Editorial

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