A shot in the rear, not a shot in the dark: Application of a mass clinic framework in a public health emergency

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-216

  Erwin, Paul Campbell ^a,b   Sheeler, Lorinda ^a,c   Lott, John M ^d  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c South College School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^d Knox County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ANTISERUM; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; CATERING SERVICE; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INJECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INJECTIONS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESTAURANTS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249139386     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400208     Document Type: Article

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