Influenza A (H1N1) 2009: Impact on Frankfurt in due consideration of health care and public health

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a   Bias, Harald ^b   Groneberg, David A ^b   Gottschalk, René ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Health Protection Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE INFLUENZA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77951237958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-5-10     Document Type: Article

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