Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 119-121 , February 2010

Prison outbreak: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in an Australian prison

  • K.B. Turner

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory Corrections Health Programme, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    • ,
  • M.H. Levy

      Affiliations

    • Australian Capital Territory Corrections Health Programme, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 30 September 2009 ,Revised 23 October 2009 ,Accepted 15 December 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00371-0

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.12.005

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 119-121 , February 2010

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