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<h2>Chapter 4, Appendix A. References and Bibliography</h2>
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<h3>References</h3>
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<a name="arlington" id="arlington"></a<p class="size2">Arlington County: Arlington County After-Action Report on the Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon. Prepared by Titan Systems Corporation. Arlington, VA: Arlington County Fire Department; 2002 Jul. http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/Fire/edu/about/docs/after_report.pdf.</p>
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<a name="apice" id="apice"></a><p class="size2">Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) Bioterrorism Task Force, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hospital Infections Program Bioterrorism Working Group. Bioterrorism Readiness Plan: A Template for Healthcare Facilities. Prepared by the APIC Bioterrorism Task Force and the CDC Hospital Infections Program Bioterrorism Working Group: 1999, Apr. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/bio/13apr99APIC-CDCBioterrorism.pdf.</p>
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<a name="can" id="can"></a><p class="size2">Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science. SARS: A Reminder, a Warning and an Opportunity. A Brief for the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. 2003, Jul. http://www.csmls.org/english/pdf/sarsbrief.pdf.</p>
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<a name="cdc03" id="cdc03"></a<p class="size2">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Use of quarantine to prevent transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome. <em>Morb Mortal Wkly Rep</em> 2003;52(29):680-3.</p>\
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<a name="cdc04" id="cdc04"></a><p class="size2">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): fact sheet on isolation and quarantine. 2004, Jan. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/pdf/isolationquarantine.pdf.</p>
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<a name="farquharson" id="farquharson"></a><p class="size2">Farquharson C, Baguley K. Responding to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak: lessons learned in a Toronto emergency department. <em>J Emerg Nurs</em> 2003;29(3):222-8.</p>
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<a name="jackson" id="jackson"></a><p class="size2">Jackson M, Lynch P. Isolation practices: a historical perspective. <em>Am J Infect Control</em> 1985;13(1):21-31.</p>
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<a name="maunder" id="maunder"></a><p class="size2">Maunder R, Hunter J, Vincent L, et al. The immediate psychological and occupational impact of the 2003 SARS outbreak in a teaching hospital. <em>CMAJ</em> 2003;168(10):1245-51.</p>
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<a name="sars" id="sars"></a><p class="size2">U.S. anti-SARS efforts based on the nation's fight against TB. <em>Tuberculosis Week</em>. 2003, Jun 23.</p>
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<h3>Bibliography</h3>
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<p class="size2">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The public health response to biological and chemical terrorism: interim planning guidance for state public health officials. 2001, Jul. http://epi.minsal.cl/epi/html/public/bioter/cdc/pdf.</p>
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<p class="size2">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Efficiency of quarantine during an epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome—Beijing, China, 2003. <em>Morb Mortal Wkly Rep</em> 2003;52(43):1037-40.</p>
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<p class="size2">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): fact sheet on legal authorities for isolation/quarantine. 2004, Jan 20. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/factsheetlegal.htm.</p>
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<p class="size2">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. The U.S. response to SARS: the role of the CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. Atlanta, GA: CDC, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; 2004. http://cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/quarantine.pdf.</p>
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