Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: assessing the response.
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The debate about the management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 is heating up as a number of government-appointed committees and private interest groups start to make their assessments available. On one hand is concern that the severity of the pandemic was overestimated and resources were wasted; on the other hand are criticisms that a necessary immunization program was woefully inadequate and plagued by confusion.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
دوره 182 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010