Primary care physicians in Hong Kong and Canada - How did their practices differ during the SARS epidemic?

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-366

  Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan ^a   Wong, William ^a   Jaakkimainen, Liisa ^b   Bondy, Susan ^b   Tsang, Kwong Ka ^c   Lee, Albert ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Family physicians; Hong Kong; SARS; Toronto

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CANADA; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27144539510     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi036     Document Type: Article

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