Hospital preparedness for severe acute respiratory syndrome in the United States: Views from a national survey of infectious diseases consultants

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 272-274

  Srinivasan, Arjun ^a,d   Jernign, Daniel B ^a   Liedtke, Laura ^b   Strausbaugh, Larry ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MS A35 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT ISOLATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242747327     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421777     Document Type: Review

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