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Pandemic influenza control in Europe and the constraints resulting from incoherent public health laws

Robyn Martin1*, Alexandra Conseil2, Abie Longstaff1, Jimmy Kodo1, Joachim Siegert3, Anne-Marie Duguet4, Paula Lobato de Faria5, George Haringhuizen6, Jaime Espin7 and Richard Coker2

Author Affiliations

1 Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK

2 Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK

3 Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstraße 13 01069 Dresden, Germany

4 INSERM 558 Unit/Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 3 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Toulouse, France

5 Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida Padre Cruz 1600-560 Lisboa, Portugal

6 National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Disease Control, RIVM, Ant. van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

7 Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública (Andalusian School of Public Health) Campus Universitario de Cartuja, 4 Apdo de correos 2.070 Granada 18080, Spain

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BMC Public Health 2010, 10:532 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-532

Published: 3 September 2010

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Additional file 1:

Questionnaire consisting of open-ended and closed-ended questions addressing national laws in relation to public health interventions in an influenza pandemic.

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