Evaluation of an Unplanned School Closure in a Colorado School District: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-8

  Epson, Erin E ^a,b   Zheteyeva, Yenlik A ^a   Rainey, Jeanette J ^a   Gao, Hongjiang ^a   Shi, Jianrong ^a   Uzicanin, Amra ^a   Miller, Lisa ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; emergency preparedness; health policy; organizational; pandemics; public health

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; COST OF ILLNESS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924411210     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.3     Document Type: Article

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