1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910701005803321

Titolo

Temporary extension cords and power connectors ahould not be used for permanent wiring [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Office of Compliance, , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Fast facts

Soggetti

Electric wiring - Safety measures

Electric extension cords - Accidents - Prevention

Work environment - United States - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2010."

Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 23, 2011).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780799103321

Autore

McLean Angela

Titolo

SARS [[electronic resource] ] : A case study in emerging infections

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2005

ISBN

1-282-33527-8

9786612335273

0-19-152447-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MayRobert

PattisonJohn

Disciplina

614.592

Soggetti

SARS (Disease) -- Epidemiology

SARS (Disease)

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- Epidemiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; List of Abbreviation; 1 Introduction; 2 Environmental and social influences on emerging infectious diseases: past, present, and future; 3 Evolutionary genetics and the emergence of SARS Coronavirus; 4 Influenza as a model system for studying the cross-species transfer and evolution of the SARS coronavirus; 5 Management and prevention of SARS in China; 6 Confronting SARS: a view from Hong Kong; 7 The aetiology of SARS: Koch's postulates fulfilled; 8 Laboratory diagnosis of SARS

9 Animal origins of SARS Coronavirus: possible links with the international trade in small carnivores10 Epidemiology, transmission dynamics, and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic; 11 Dynamics of modern epidemics; 12 The International response to the outbreak of SARS, 2003; 13 The Experience of the 2003 SARS outbreak as a traumatic stress among frontline health-care workers in Toronto: lessons learned; 14 Informed consent and public health; 15 What have we learnt from SARS?; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The sudden appearance and rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002 served to alert the world to the fact that emerging infections are a global problem. Living in affluent societies



with well developed health care systems does not necessarily protect people from the dangers posed by life-threatening infections. The SARS epidemic tested global preparedness for dealing with a new infectious agent and raised important questions: how did we do, and what did we learn? This book uses the SARS outbreak as a case study to enumerate the generic issues that must be considered when