Hospital Preparedness and SARS

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 771-776

  Loutfy, Mona R ^a,b   Wallington, Tamara ^c   Rutledge, Tim ^b   Mederski, Barbara ^b   Rose, Keith ^b   Kwolek, Sue ^b   McRitchie, Donna ^b   Ali, Azra ^b   Wolff, Bryan ^b   White, Diane ^b   Glassman, Edward ^b   Ofner, Marianna ^d   Low, Don E ^e   Berger, Lisa ^c   McGeer, Allison ^e   Wong, Tom ^d   Baron, David ^b   Berall, Glenn ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CANADA; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 11144354870     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1005.030717     Document Type: Review

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