SARS among Critical Care Nurses, Toronto

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-255

  Loeb, Mark ^a,f   McGeer, Allison ^b   Henry, Bonnie ^c   Ofner, Marianna ^d   Rose, David ^e   Hlywka, Tammy ^a   Levie, Joanne ^a   McQueen, Jane ^a   Smith, Stephanie ^a   Moss, Lorraine ^a   Smith, Andrew ^a   Green, Karen ^b   Walter, Stephen D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; NEBULIZATION; NURSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURGICAL MASK;

EID: 10744220682     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030838     Document Type: Article

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