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Case definition versus screening tool for SARS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Stewart S. Chan
Stewart S. Chan*
Affiliation:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Emergency Physician, Accident & Emergency Medicine, Academic Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, 30–32 Ngan Shing St. Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

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Type
Letters • Courrier
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 8 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2004

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