International health regulations: Lessons from the influenza pandemic in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-327

  Low, Chew Ling ^a   Chan, Pei Pei ^a   Cutter, Jeffery L ^a   Foong, Bok Huay ^a   James, Lyn ^a   Ooi, Peng Lim ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Imported; Influenza a (H1N1 2009); Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PANDEMIC; PHILIPPINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952402838     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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