Infection control and pandemic influenza

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Collignon, Peter J ^a   Carnie, John A ^b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; EYE; HAND; HAND WASHING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA; NEBULIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 37849188856     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00708.x     Document Type: Article

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