Implications of unrecognized severe acute respiratory syndrome

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Simmerman, James Mark ^a   Chu, Dachen ^a   Chang, Hang ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 1542680575     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006205-200311000-00010     Document Type: Article

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