Pandemic influenza as 21st century urban public health crisis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1963-1969

  Bell, David M ^a   Weisfuse, Isaac B ^b   Hernandez Avila, Mauricio ^c   Del Rio, Carlos ^d   Bustamante, Xinia ^e   Rodier, Guenael ^f  

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

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Health Ministry of Mexico   (Mexico)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Pan American Health Organization   (Costa Rica)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE MASK; GOVERNMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICO; PANDEMIC; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SPRING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

COMMUNICATION; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEXICO; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949098892     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.091232     Document Type: Review

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