Planning a coordinated local health care system response to a pandemic using an accelerated Delphi technique: Phase 1

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Stalker, Shelley A ^a   Weir, Erica ^a   Vessel, Sandra L ^a   Mikail, Joyce ^a  

^a York Region Health Services Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Disaster planning; Health system planning; Pandemic; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549103778     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405496     Document Type: Article

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