Cholera management and prevention at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2155-2157

  Ernst, Silvia ^a   Weinrobe, Carolyn ^a   Bien Aime, Charbel ^a   Rawson, Ian ^a  

^a Hospital Albert Schweitzer   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; COMMUNITY CARE; DEHYDRATION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HAITI; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SANITATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84930482627     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid17110.11815     Document Type: Article

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