An epidemic in the field? Rapid assessment procedures and health research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 839-850

  Manderson, Lenore ^a   Aaby, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Epidemiology Statens Seruminstitut Artillerivej 5 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark ^*

Author keywords

operations research; qualitative health research; rapid assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RESEARCH; RAPID ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; SOCIAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0026616540     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(92)90098-B     Document Type: Article

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