Pandemic influenza preparedness and vulnerable populations in tribal communities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Groom, Amy V ^a,b   Jim, Cheyenne ^a,b   LaRoque, Mic ^c   Mason, Cheryl ^d   McLaughlin, Joe ^e   Neel, Lisa ^d   Powell, Terry ^f   Weiser, Thomas ^c   Bryan, Ralph T ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^c INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Alaska Section of Epidemiology ^*

^e Alaska Section Epidemiology   (United States)

^f Alaska Area Institutional Review Board   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 70350050120     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.157453     Document Type: Review

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