Secondary Household Transmission of SARS, Singapore

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 232-234

  Goh, Denise Li Meng ^a   Lee, Bee Wah ^a   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Heng, Bee Hoon ^b   Chen, Mark ^c   Ma, Stefan ^d   Tan, Chorh Chuan ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0842347411     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030676     Document Type: Article

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