Response to Hepatitis A Epidemic: Emergency Department Collaboration with Public Health Commission

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 412-416

  James, Thea L ^a   Aschkenasy, Miriam ^a   Eliseo, Laura J ^a   Olshaker, Jonathan ^a   Mehta, Supriya D ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; public health; vaccine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VACCINATION;

EID: 64849090462     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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