Ebola virus: Exposing the inadequacies of public health in Liberia

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1596-1598

  Butler, Yvonne S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GUINEA; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIBERIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSTETRICIAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RISK REDUCTION; SIERRA LEONE; TRAVEL; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 84919608751     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.10.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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