New Global Threat, The: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Its Impacts
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ISBN: 9812386688 / Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, October 2003
Koh (director, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore), Plant (international health, Curtin U. of Te...
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Koh (director, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore), Plant (international health, Curtin U. of Techology, Australia), and Lee (medical studies, National U. of Singapore) present 18 papers dealing with public health, social, economic, and political aspects of the advent of the virulent disease of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Asia. After an examination of the role of the World Health Organization in combating SARS, major sections look at different aspects of the recent SARS epidemic in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Also included is a paper on the epidemiology of the SARS outbreak in Taiwan and another describing the general outlines of the impact of SARS in Toronto, Canada. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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