A deficient public health system as a contributing cause of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in mainland China

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 213-216

  Qin, Liang ^a   Jeng, Hueiwang ^b   Rakue, Yasuyuki ^b   Mizota, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 17744384344     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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