Lack of SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 244-248

  Park, Benjamin J ^a   Peck, Angela J ^a   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^a   Newbern, Claire ^a,b   Smelser, Chad ^a,c   Comer, James A ^a   Jernigan, Daniel ^a   McDonald, L Clifford ^a,d  

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

^b PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842304209     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030793     Document Type: Article

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