Variability in school closure decisions in response to 2009 H1N1: A qualitative systems improvement analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Klaiman, Tamar ^a   Kraemer, John D ^b,c   Stoto, Michael A ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC POLICY; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79351468933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-73     Document Type: Article

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