Public health measures to control the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome during the outbreak in Toronto

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2352-2361

  Svoboda, Tomislav ^a,b,c,d   Henry, Bonnie ^a,b   Shulman, Leslie ^a   Kennedy, Erin ^a   Rea, Elizabeth ^a,b   Ng, Wil ^a   Wallington, Tamara ^a   Yaffe, Barbara ^a,b   Gournis, Effie ^a   Vicencio, Elisa ^a   Basrur, Sheela ^a,b   Glazier, Richard H ^b,c,d  

^a TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TELEPHONE; TRAVEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ONTARIO; QUARANTINE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 2542537581     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa032111     Document Type: Article

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