SARS outbreak in Germany 2003: Workload of local health departments and their compliance in quarantine measures-implications for outbreak modeling and surge capacity?

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-247

  Porten, Klaudia ^a   Faensen, Daniel ^a   Krause, Gérard ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Public health service; Quarantine; SARS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORKLOAD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 33744977228     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200605000-00004     Document Type: Article

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