Monitoring community responses to the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong: From day 10 to day 62

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 864-870

  Lau, J T F ^a,b   Yang, X ^b   Tsui, H ^b   Kim, J H ^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 PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH MONITORING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADULT; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; HAND WASHING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CHINA;

EID: 0242487714     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.11.864     Document Type: Review

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