Mass gatherings medicine: International cooperation and progress

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9934, 2014, Pages 2030-2032

  Memish, Ziad A ^a,b   Zumla, Alimuddin ^c   McCloskey, Brian ^d   Heymann, David ^e,f   Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A ^a   Barbeschi, Maurizio ^g   Horton, Richard ^h  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS GATHERINGS MEDICINE; MEDICINE; NOTE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SPORTING EVENT; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MASS BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; ISLAM; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SOCCER; SPORTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84902346129     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60225-7     Document Type: Note

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