Dynamic health policies for controlling the spread of emerging infections: Influenza as an example

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Yaesoubi, Reza ^a,b   Cohen, Ted ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; SIMULATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 80052471233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024043     Document Type: Article

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