Priority setting for pandemic influenza: An analysis of national preparedness plans

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1721-1727

  Uscher Pines, Lori ^a   Omer, Saad B ^a   Barnett, Daniel J ^a   Burke, Thomas A ^a   Balicer, Ran D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 33750891771     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030436     Document Type: Review

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