Temporal-spatial analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome among hospital inpatients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1237-1243

  Yu, Ignatius T S ^a,b   Tze, Wai Wong ^a   Yuk, Lan Chiu ^a   Lee, Nelson ^b   Li, Yuguo ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WARD;

COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17644397589     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428735     Document Type: Article

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