Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome in an emergency department

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 486-489

  Ooi, Shirley Beng Suat ^a   Tambyah, Paul Ananth ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SCREENING TEST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PNEUMONIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642348473     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.11.017     Document Type: Article

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