Which preventive measures might protect health care workers from SARS?
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Which preventive measures might protect health care workers from SARS?
BACKGROUND Despite the use of a series of preventive measures, a high incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was observed among health care workers (HCWs) during the SARS epidemic. This study aimed to determine which preventive measures may have been effective in protecting HCWs from infection, and which were not effective. METHODS A retrospective study was performed among 758 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-81