Responding to H1N1 in Health Care Institutions: Is the glass Half full or half Empty?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 528-530

  Carlson, Abigail L ^a   Perl, Trish M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 75849141767     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650170     Document Type: Note

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