Severe acute respiratory syndrome: Preparedness, management, and impact

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1017-1019

  Loeb, Mark B ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ISOLATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 10844235561     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502337     Document Type: Editorial

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