Cholera in haiti: Fully integrating prevention and care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 635-637

  Walton, David ^a   Suri, Arjun ^a   Farmer, Paul ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; WATER;

CHOLERA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79955787593     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-9-201105030-00328     Document Type: Editorial

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