Entry and exit screening of airline travellers during the A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic: A retrospective evaluation;Detección sistemática en las entradas y salidas de pasajeros de avión durante la pandemia de la gripe A (H1N1) en 2009: evaluación retrospectiva

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 368-376

  Khan, Kamran ^a   Eckhardt, Rose ^b   Brownstein, John S ^c   Naqvi, Raza ^d   Hu, Wei ^b   Kossowsky, David ^b   Scales, David ^c   Arino, Julien ^e   MacDonald, Michael ^f   Wang, Jun ^b   Sears, Jennifer ^b   Cetron, Martin S ^g  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; AVIATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; PANDEMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIRPORTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84877031234     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.114777     Document Type: Article

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