Managing the human toll caused by seasonal influenza: New York state's mandate to vaccinate or mask

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1797-1798

  Caplan, Arthur ^a   Shah, Nirav R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CHILD DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MASK; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL MASK; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

EID: 84887041696     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.280633     Document Type: Short Survey

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