Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 6 , Pages 591-596 , June 2008

Pandemic flu: Are we properly prepared?

  • C.J. Bunting

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    • At the time of writing this article, the author was a Project Officer in Pandemic Influenza Planning for the National Public Health Service for Wales.

Received 24 October 2006 ,Revised 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 20 February 2008.

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☆ This conference was held on 26 September 2006 in London, UK, and organized by Elsevier in association with Hospital Doctor and Doctor.

PII: S0033-3506(08)00051-6

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.02.004

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 6 , Pages 591-596 , June 2008

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