Epidemiology of SARS in the 2003 Hong Kong epidemic

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue SUPP9, 2009, Pages 12-16

  Leung, G M ^a   Ho, L M ^a   Lam, T H ^a   Hedley, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955070940     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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