Contribution of technical guidance on nosocomial infection control to the containment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Vietnam

International Congress Series

Volumn 1267, Issue C, 2004, Pages 79-87

  Ohara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan Disaster Relief Team; Nosocomial infection control; SARS; Technical cooperation project; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920849440     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.01.086     Document Type: Article

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