The international response to the outbreak of SARS in 2003

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1447, 2004, Pages 1127-1129

  Heymann, David L ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emerging infections; Epidemiology; International Health Regulations; SARS; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERNATIONAL AID; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3242670723     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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