Update alert 3: Epidemiology of and risk factors for coronavirus infection in health care workers

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2020, Pages W123-W124

  Chou, Roger ^a   Dana, Tracy ^a   Buckley, David I ^a   Selph, Shelley ^a   Fu, Rongwei ^a   Totten, Annette M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; UNITED STATES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85091126248     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/L20-1005     Document Type: Letter

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