Developing policy options for SARS and SARS-like diseases - a Delphi study

Global Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 663-675

  Syed, A M ^a,b   Hjarnoe, L ^a   Krumkamp, R ^c   Reintjes, R ^c,d   Aro, A R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Public Health Department   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Emerging infectious diseases; Pandemics; SARS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISASTER PLANNING; EUROPE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 77958612236     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690903473220     Document Type: Article

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