America's Emergency Care System and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Are We Ready?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-26

  Augustine, James J ^a   Kellermann, Arthur L ^a   Koplan, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SCREENING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0347989587     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.11.002     Document Type: Editorial

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