Evaluation of Control Measures Implemented in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak in Beijing, 2003

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3215-3221

  Pang, Xinghuo ^a   Zhu, Zonghan ^b   Xu, Fujie ^c,d   Guo, Jiyong ^b   Gong, Xiaohong ^a   Liu, Donglei ^a   Liu, Zejun ^a   Chin, Daniel P ^c   Feikin, Daniel R ^c,d,e  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Beijing Municipal Health Bureau   (China)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0346876279     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.24.3215     Document Type: Article

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