Facing the threat of influenza pandemic - Roles of and implications to general practitioners

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, Albert ^a,b   Chuh, Antonio At ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 77958592691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-661     Document Type: Review

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