Response to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in Australia lessons from a State health department perspective

Australian Health Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-486

  Weeramanthri, Tarun S ^a   Robertson, Andrew G ^a   Dowse, Gary K ^a   Effler, Paul V ^a   Leclercq, Muriel G ^a   Burtenshaw, Jeremy D ^a   Oldham, Susan J ^b   Smith, David W ^c   Gatti, Kathryn J ^d   Gladstones, Helen M ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre ^*  (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^d Western Australia Country Health Service Kimberley   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

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EID: 78649665789     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH10901     Document Type: Review

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