Editorial: The starry heaven and the crowded shelters: Public health risks

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-4

  Popescu, Gabriel Adrian ^a   Chirca, Ioana ^a  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; CROWDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL CARE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SKIN INFECTION; VACCINATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149116220     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181c38c5e     Document Type: Editorial

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