Health care worker quarantine for ebola: To eradicate the virus or alleviate fear?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 330-331

  Koenig, Kristi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONTACT EXAMINATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUARANTINE; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

FEAR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; QUARANTINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930374395     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.12.003     Document Type: Editorial

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