Public health and medical responses to the 1957-58 influenza pandemic

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Henderson, D A ^a   Courtney, Brooke ^a   Inglesby, Thomas V ^a   Toner, Eric ^a   Nuzzo, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H2N2; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ABSENTEEISM; DISASTER PLANNING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H2N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349862733     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2009.0729     Document Type: Article

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