Occupational risks for COVID-19 infection

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 3-5

  Koh, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVID-19;

ANIMAL; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COMMERCE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85081646498     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqaa036     Document Type: Review

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