Implementation of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions by New York City Public Schools to Prevent 2009 Influenza A

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Agolory, Simon G ^a   Barbot, Oxiris ^b   Averhoff, Francisco ^a   Weiss, Don ^b   Wilson, Elisha ^b   Egger, Joseph ^b,c   Miller, Jeffery ^a   Ogbuanu, Ikechukwu ^a   Walton, Sabrina ^a   Kahn, Emily ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Department of Health City of Baltimore ^*  (United States)

^c SciMetrika   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; NEW YORK CITY; RESEARCH REPORT; SANITATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84872393963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050916     Document Type: Article

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