A survey-based assessment of united states clinical laboratory response to the 2009 h1n1 influenza outbreak

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1671-1678

  Hayden, Randall T ^a,b   Wick, Megan T ^a   Rodriguez, Alicia B ^a   Caliendo, Angela M ^a,c   Mitchell, Michael J ^a,d   Ginocchio, Christine C ^a,e  

^a North Carolina   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Northwell Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249283268     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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