Pathogen transmission and clinic scheduling

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-162

  Hotchkiss, John R ^a,e   Strike, David G ^b,c   Crooke, Philip S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOGENESIS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 31344437485     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1201.050349     Document Type: Article

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