Why the panic? South Korea's MERS response questioned

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jack, Andrew ^a  

^a The Financial Times   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMICS; PANIC; POLITICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; PANDEMICS; PANIC; POLITICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84939240977     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3403     Document Type: Short Survey

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