Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza - real threat or unjustified panic? The experience of one pediatric hematology-oncology center

• Authors: Ninela Irga , Marcelina Osak , Radoslaw Jaworski , Marek Bronk , Wojciech Kosiak , Elzbieta Adamkiewicz-Drozynska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Keywords

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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza; Children; Oncohematological disorders

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 296-301

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2012

online

29 - 3 - 2012

Contributors

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Ninela Irga

• Department of Pediatrics, Hematology, Oncology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7, 80-210, Gdansk, Poland

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Marcelina Osak

• Department of Pediatrics, Hematology, Oncology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7, 80-210, Gdansk, Poland

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Radoslaw Jaworski

• Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pomeranian Centre of Traumatology, Nowe Ogrody 1-6, 80-210, Gdansk, Poland

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Marek Bronk

• Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Center of Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7, 80-210, Gdansk, Poland

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Wojciech Kosiak

• Department of Pediatrics, Hematology, Oncology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7, 80-210, Gdansk, Poland

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Elzbieta Adamkiewicz-Drozynska

• Department of Pediatrics, Hematology, Oncology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7, 80-210, Gdansk, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0165-3