Microbiological aspects of public health planning and preparedness for the 2012 Olympic Games

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2142-2151

  Moran Gilad, J ^a   Chand, M ^a   Brown, C ^a   Shetty, N ^a   Morris, G ^a   Green, J ^a   Jenkins, C ^a   Ling, C ^a   McLauchlin, J ^a   Harrison, T ^a   Goddard, N ^a   Brown, K ^a   Bolton, F J ^a   Zambon, M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microbiology; Olympic Games; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; ATHLETE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLOSIS; SPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; WATER BORNE DISEASE;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INFORMATION CENTERS; LONDON; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84869429639     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001835     Document Type: Article

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