The Role of Public Knowledge, Resources, and Innovation in Responding to the Ebola Outbreak

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 595-597

  Goldstone, Brian J ^a   Brown, Brandon ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; innovation; knowledge; resources; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC OPINION; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84948577603     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.59     Document Type: Review

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