SARS: Scourge of Western Pacific countries?

Critical Care and Shock

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 110-112

  Tai, Dessmon Y H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 4444243821     PISSN: 14107767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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