SARS: Epidemiology

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Chan Yeung, Moira ^a,c   Xu, Rui Heng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Ctr Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fatality rate; Risk factors; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ASIA; AVIATION; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SENESCENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0345732174     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00518.x     Document Type: Review

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