Prison outbreak: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in an Australian prison

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-121

  Turner, K B ^a,b   Levy, M H ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

HEALTH STATUS; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PANDEMIC; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWINE INFLUENZA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OSELTAMIVIR; PRISONS;

EID: 77950907637     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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