Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities forgotten in new Australian national action plan for human influenza pandemic: "Ask us, listen to us, share with us"

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 316-317

  Miller, Adrian ^a   Durrheim, David N ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 77957669327     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03939.x     Document Type: Editorial

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