Unmasking the confusion of respiratory protection to prevent influenza-like illness in crowded community settings

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-485

  Daniels, Titus L ^a   Talbot, Thomas R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE MASK; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCUBATION TIME; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 75749129006     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650395     Document Type: Note

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