Risk factors for SARS infection among hospital healthcare workers in Beijing: A case control study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 52-59

  Liu, Wei ^a   Tang, Fang ^a   Fang, Li Qun ^a   De Vlas, Sake J ^b   Ma, Huai Jian ^c   Zhou, Jie Ping ^d   Looman, Caspar W N ^b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^b   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Chinese People's Armed Police Forces   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Case control study; Healthcare worker; SARS

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOSE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPUTUM; SURGICAL MASK;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 70350635177     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02255.x     Document Type: Article

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