SARS: Prudence, not panic

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1432-1434

  Schabas, Richard ^a  

^a York Central Hospital Richmond Hill   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0038614982     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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