Respiratory protection against influenza

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1903-1904

  Srinivasan, Arjun ^a   Perl, Trish M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURGICAL MASK; VENTILATOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAS MASK; MASK; NOTE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASKS; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 70449702347     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1494     Document Type: Editorial

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