Strengthening community partnerships with local public health through regional pandemic influenza exercises

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 488-493

  Paige, Sarah ^a   Jones, Maggie ^b   D'Ambrosio, Luann ^a   Taylor, Whitney ^c   Bonne, Diane ^d   Loehr, Michael ^c   Stergachis, Andy ^e  

^a UW NWCPHP   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Public Health of Seattle and King County   (United States)

^d Office of Emergency Management   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 77951638703     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500318     Document Type: Article

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