Protection of racial/ethnic minority populations during an influenza pandemic

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Hutchins, Sonja S ^a   Fiscella, Kevin ^c   Levine, Robert S ^d   Ompad, Danielle C ^e   McDonald, Marian ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LINGUISTICS; MASS COMMUNICATION; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350069929     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.161505     Document Type: Review

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