Enhancing public health response to respiratory epidemics: Are family physicians ready and willing to help?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1254-1260

  Hogg, William ^a,b,c   Huston, Patricia ^a   Martin, Carmel ^a,d,e   Soto, Enrique ^b  

^a Department of Family Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^e FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CANADA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33845697521     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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