Pandemic influenza preparedness in Latin America: Analysis of national strategic plans

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-260

  Mensua, Ana ^a   Mounier Jack, Sandra ^a   Coker, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

influenza; Latin America; Pandemic; policy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 70349575204     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp019     Document Type: Article

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