Epicentre of influenza: The primary care experience in Melbourne, Victoria

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 313-316

  Bocquet, Jenny ^a   Winzenberg, Tania ^b   Shaw, Kelly A ^a  

^a University of Tasmania ^*  (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communicable infectious diseases; Delivery of health care; General practice manpower; Health services; Influenza; Public health

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 77957245362     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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