Hajj: Preparations underway

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Memish, Ziad A ^a   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^b,c   Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A ^d  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MEDICAL SERVICE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SANITATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISLAM; SAUDI ARABIA; SYMBOLISM; TRAVEL;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84888347865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70079-2     Document Type: Letter

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