Readiness exercise to combat avian influenza

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-137

  Seet, Raymond C S ^a,b   Lim, E C H ^a,b   Oh, V M S ^a,b   Ong, B K C ^a,b   Goh, K T ^b   Fisher, D A ^a,b   Ho, K Y ^a,b   Yeoh, K G ^a,b  

^a Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 58949093628     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn159     Document Type: Article

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