General practice and pandemic influenza: A framework for planning and comparison of plans in five countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Patel, Mahomed S ^a   Phillips, Christine B ^a   Pearce, Christopher ^a   Kljakovic, Marjan ^a   Dugdale, Paul ^a   Glasgow, Nicholas ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL CARE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PANDEMIC; PEER REVIEW; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING;

DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 48249110936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002269     Document Type: Article

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