Ethical vaccine distribution planning for pandemic influenza: Prioritizing homeless and hard-to-reach populations

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-196

  Buccieri, Kristy ^a   Gaetz, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HARD TO REACH POPULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MEDICAL ETHICS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84880743254     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/pht005     Document Type: Article

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