Experience of european collaboration in influenza surveillance in the winter of 1993-1994

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-142

  Fleming, D M ^a   Cohen, Jean Marie ^b  

^a RCGP Birmingham Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Open Rome   (France)

Author keywords

influenza; sentinel practices; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0029997046     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024472     Document Type: Article

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