Preventing local transmission of SARS:  lessons from Singapore

Fisher, Dale A; Chew, Madeleine H L; Lim, Yean-Teng; Tambyah, Paul A

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05358.x

Topics

Health services administration

Infectious diseases

Respiratory tract diseases

Clinical record

Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.

Correspondence: dale.fisher@nt.gov.au

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