SARS, avian flu, bioterror: Infection control awareness for the optometrist

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-35

  Tseng, Santos Shan Yu ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Biological terrorism; Disease outbreaks; Infection control; SARS virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRAL EYE INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

AWARENESS; BIOTERRORISM; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33847304563     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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