Spatial considerations for the allocation of pre-pandemic influenza vaccination in the United States

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1627, 2007, Pages 2811-2817

  Wu, Joseph T ^a   Riley, Steven ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; Herd immunity; Influenza vaccines; Pandemic; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

EPIDEMIC; EQUITY; HEALTH POLICY; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 35848959760     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0893     Document Type: Article

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