Duration of symptom onset to hospital admission and admission to discharge or death in SARS in mainland China: A descriptive study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 28-35

  Feng, Dan ^a,b   Jia, Na ^a   Fang, Li Qun ^a   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^c   Han, Xiao Na ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a   De Vlas, Sake J ^c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Duration of admission to death; Duration of admission to discharge; Duration of onset to admission; Mainland China; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350628660     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02188.x     Document Type: Article

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