Modeling and public health emergency responses: Lessons from SARS

Epidemics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Glasser, John W ^a   Hupert, Nathaniel ^a,b   McCauley, Mary M ^a   Hatchett, Richard ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support modeling; Emergency preparedness; Emerging infectious diseases; Theoretical modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUARANTINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 79951563446     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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