How do older people react to severe acute respiratory syndrome? [2]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1183-1184

  Chung, Jenny C C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAFETY; SELF CONTROL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0042522793     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.t01-1-51384.x     Document Type: Letter

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