Infection control practices for SARS in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Taiwan, and Thailand: Experience from mobile SARS containment teams, 2003

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 377-383

  Lee, Nolan E ^a,g   Siriarayapon, Potjaman ^b   Tappero, Jordan ^c   Chen, Kow Tong ^d   Shuey, Dean ^e   Limpakarnjanarat, Khanchit ^c   Chavavanich, Achara ^f   Dowell, Scott F ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c Thailand Min Pub Hlth US CDC C   (Thailand)

^d CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Bamrasnadur Hospital   (Thailand)

^g LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOFILTRATION; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIRUS ISOLATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LAOS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUARANTINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

EID: 7444250180     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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