SARS and occupational health in the air

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 539-540

  Lim, M K ^a   Koh, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AIR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MASK; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 0041589310     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.8.539     Document Type: Editorial

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