Doctors, patients and influenza-like illness: Clinicians or patients at risk?

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 527-531

  Yiannakoulias, N ^a   Russell, M L ^a   Svenson, Larry W ^a   Schopflocher, D P ^a  

^a Health Surveillance Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Disease transmission; Health services research; Influenza; Respiratory tract diseases

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPTOMETRY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 4544277361     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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