The epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the 2003 Hong Kong epidemic: An analysis of all 1755 patients

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 662-673

  Leung, Gabriel M ^b   Medley, Anthony J ^b   Ho, Lai Ming ^b   Chau, Patsy ^b   Wong, Irene O L ^b   Thach, Thuan Q ^b   Ghani, Azra C ^b   Donnelly, Christi A ^b   Fraser, Christophe ^b   Riley, Steven ^b   Ferguson, Neil M ^b   Anderson, Roy M ^b   Tsang, Thomas ^b   Leung, Pak Yin ^b   Wong, Vivian ^b   Chan, Jane C K ^b   Tsui, Eva ^b   Lo, Su Vui ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 3242687609     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00006     Document Type: Article

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