Pandemic influenza control in Europe and the constraints resulting from incoherent public health laws

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Martin, Robyn ^a   Conseil, Alexandra ^b   Longstaff, Abie ^a   Kodo, Jimmy ^a   Siegert, Joachim ^c   Duguet, Anne Marie ^d   Lobato De Faria, Paula ^e   Haringhuizen, George ^f   Espin, Jaime ^g   Coker, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77956479672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-532     Document Type: Article

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