The public's response to severe acute respiratory syndrome in Toronto and the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 925-931

  Blendon, Robert J ^a,b   Benson, John M ^a   DesRoches, Catherine M ^a   Raleigh, Elizabeth ^a   Taylor Clark, Kalahn ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; QUARANTINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842561607     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382355     Document Type: Review

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