The impact of public health control measures during the SARS epidemic in mainland China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 101-104

  De Vlas, Sake J ^a   Feng, Dan ^b,c   Cooper, Ben S ^d   Fang, Li Qun ^b   Cao, Wu Chun ^b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Impact of interventions; SARS

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350675973     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02348.x     Document Type: Article

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