Pandemic influenza: inappropriate fear causes inappropriate responses. In healthcare we need good surveillance data to make the best decisions

Peter Collignon

doi:10.1071/HI09021

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Pandemic influenza: inappropriate fear causes inappropriate responses. In healthcare we need good surveillance data to make the best decisions

Peter Collignon

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School of Clinical Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Email: peter.collignon@act.gov.au

Healthcare Infection 14(3) 77-79 https://doi.org/10.1071/HI09021
Published: 26 August 2009

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