Moderate pandemic, not many dead - Learning the right lessons in Europe from the 2009 pandemic

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 486-488

  Nicoll, Angus ^a   McKee, Martin ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957329934     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq114     Document Type: Note

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