Influenza A (H1N1) infections among healthcare workers: A cause for cautious optimism

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 569-570

  Sng, Judy ^a   Koh, David ^a,b   Koh, Gerald ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVIAN INFLUENZA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; PANDEMIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SWINE INFLUENZA; TRAVEL; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 69949105209     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.049353     Document Type: Editorial

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