Managing febrile respiratory illnesses during a hypothetical SARS outbreak

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-200

  Khan, Kamran ^a   Muennig, Peter ^b   Gardam, Michael ^c   Zivin, Joshua Graff ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 13744253125     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1102.040524     Document Type: Review

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