The outbreak of SARS at Tan Tock Seng Hospital - Relating epidemiology to control

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 317-325

  Chen, Mark I C ^a,c   Leo, Yee Sin ^a   Ang, Brenda S P ^a   Heng, Bee Hoon ^b   Choo, Philip ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^c Clinical Epidemiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases, Emerging; Cross infection; Patient isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745661212     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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