SARS Transmission among Hospital Workers in Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 280-286

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a,c   Fung, Kitty S ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^a   Kim, Jean H ^a   Wong, Eric ^a   Chung, Sydney ^a   Ho, Deborah ^a   Chan, Louis Y ^a   Lui, S F ^b   Cheng, Augustine ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRAINING;

EID: 10744227096     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030534     Document Type: Article

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