Personal, occupational, and public health perspectives on dealing with the first case of influenza A (H1N1) in the United Arab Emirates

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Shah, Syed M ^a   Aw, Tar Ching ^a   Blair, Iain ^a   Hashmey, Rayhan ^b   Sheek Hussein, Mahmoud ^a,c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Disease notification; H1N1 virus; Occupational health; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879111807     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5491/SHAW.2011.2.1.83     Document Type: Article

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