Emergency department response to SARS, Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1067-1073

  Chen, Wei Kung ^a   Wu, Hong Dar Isaac ^a   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^b   Cheng, Yi Chang ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; VENTILATOR;

EID: 21144445148     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1107.040917     Document Type: Article

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