Accuracy of clinical diagnosis versus the World Health Organization case definition in the Amoy Garden SARS cohort

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 384-391

  Wong, W N ^a   Sek, Antonio C h ^a   Lau, Rick F l ^a   li, K M ^a   Leung, Joe K s ^a   Tse, M L ^a   ng, Andy H w ^a   Stenstrom, Robert ^b  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnosis; emergency; SARS; sensitivity; severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011457770     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500008617     Document Type: Article

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