Risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome to household contacts by infected health care workers and patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 559-560

  Chan, Louis Y ^a,b   Wong, John T W ^a,b   Li, Philip K T ^a,b   Lui, S F ^a,b   Fung, Hong ^a   Sung, Joseph ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 1842478036     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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