Infection control for emerging infectious diseases in developing countries and resource-limited settings [2]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 885-887

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Mundy, Linda M ^b,c  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Philadelphia Fight   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS;

EID: 33748284634     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505924     Document Type: Letter

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