Pandemic influenza and excess intensive-care workload

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1518-1525

  Nap, Raoul E ^a,b   Andriessen, Maarten P H M ^a   Meessen, Nico E L ^a   Dos Reis Miranda, Dinis ^a   Van Der Werf, Tjip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; WORKLOAD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NETHERLANDS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 54249124022     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.080440     Document Type: Article

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