The UK's public health response to covid-19

The BMJ

Volumn 369, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Scally, Gabriel ^a   Jacobson, Bobbie ^b   Abbasi, Kamran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c British Medical Journal Technology Assessment Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85084785618     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1932     Document Type: Review

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