Public health in the age of Ebola in West Africa

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-8

  Osterholm, Michael T ^a   Moore, Kristine A ^a   Gostin, Lawrence O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84920586199     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6235     Document Type: Note

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