Research agenda for mass gatherings: A call to action

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-239

  Tam, John S ^a   Barbeschi, Maurizio ^a   Shapovalova, Natasha ^a   Briand, Sylvie ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^b,c   Kieny, Marie Paule ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROWDING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MASS GATHERING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; VACCINATION;

CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; VACCINES;

EID: 84857192795     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70353-X     Document Type: Review

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