International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 31-38 , March 2009

Mortality Factor Survey of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Taiwan

  • Tei-Chu Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Nursing, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Graduate Institute of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Han Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bing-Cheng Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital of Linkou, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Suh-Hwa Maa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Graduate Institute of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ding-Kuo Chien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Woung-Ru Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Graduate Institute of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Woung-Ru Tang, Graduate Institute of Nursing, Chang Gung University, 259, Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

,Accepted 14 February 2009.

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PII: S1873-9598(09)70018-3

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(09)70018-3

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 31-38 , March 2009

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