Which preventive measures might protect health care workers from SARS?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chen, Wei Qing ^a   Ling, Wen Hua ^a   Lu, Ci Yong ^a   Hao, Yuan Tao ^a   Lin, Zhong Ning ^a   Ling, Li ^a   Huang, Jian ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Yan, Guang Mei ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROPHYLAXIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURGICAL GLOVE; ADULT; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 64249151144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-81     Document Type: Article

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