Surgical Helmets and SARS Infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-279

  Derrick, James L ^a,b   Gomersall, Charles D ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0842304203     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030764     Document Type: Article

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