Evolution of an Emergency Department Screening Questionnaire for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-161

  Foo, Chik Loon ^a   Tham, Kum Ying ^a   Seow, Eillyne ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

SARS; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0842347595     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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