Public health management of mass gatherings: The saudi arabian experience with MERS-CoV

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 899-

  Memish, Ziad A ^a   Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PUBLIC HEALTH; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISASTER PLANNING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84888588491     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.132266     Document Type: Editorial

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