Severe acute respiratory syndrome from the trenches, at a Singapore university hospital

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 690-696

  Tambyah, Paul A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 7544247008     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(04)01175-2     Document Type: Note

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