Editorial: Documenting the SARS epidemic in mainland China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  De Vlas, Sake J ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CHINA; DATA BASE; DEATH; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOURISM; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 70350632416     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02349.x     Document Type: Editorial

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