Anatomy of the epidemiological literature on the 2003 SARS outbreaks in Hong Kong and Toronto: A time-stratified review

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Xing, Weijia ^a,b   Hejblum, Gilles ^a,b,c   Leung, Gabriel M ^d   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIBLIOMETRICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953237635     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000272     Document Type: Review

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