Implications of SARS: Medical Geography and Surveillance in Disease Detection

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1841-1848

  Litaker, John R ^a   Chou, Jennie Y ^a   Novak, Suzanne ^a   Wilson, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical geography; Medical surveillance; SARS

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

ANTICIPATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CALCULATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG MARKETING; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0344412966     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D244     Document Type: Review

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