Update on emerging infections: News from the centers for disease control and prevention

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 110-112

  Cameron, Peter A ^a,b   Rainer, Timothy H ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNET; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRAVEL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038354871     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.318     Document Type: Article

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