Timeliness of nongovernmental versus governmental global outbreak communications

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1184-1187

  Mondor, Luke ^a   Brownstein, John S ^b,c,f   Chan, Emily ^b,c   Madoff, Lawrence C ^d,e   Pollack, Marjorie P ^d   Buckeridge, David L ^a   Brewer, Timothy F ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d International Society for Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862564950     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1807.120249     Document Type: Article

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