Preventing local transmission of SARS: Lessons from Singapore

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 555-558

  Fisher, Dale A ^a   Chew, Madeleine H L ^b   Lim, Yean Teng ^b   Tambyah, Paul A ^b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CORONAVIRUS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INJURY; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038717188     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05358.x     Document Type: Review

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