A Computer Simulation of Employee Vaccination to Mitigate an Influenza Epidemic

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-257

  Lee, Bruce Y ^a   Brown, Shawn T ^b   Cooley, Philip C ^c   Zimmerman, Richard K ^a   Wheaton, William D ^c   Zimmer, Shanta M ^a   Grefenstette, John J ^a   Assi, Tina Marie ^a   Furphy, Timothy J ^a   Wagener, Diane K ^c   Burke, Donald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST CONTROL; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; WORKPLACE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS VACCINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 76549113271     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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