History and current status of the national notifiable diseases surveillance system

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 4-10

  Koo, Denise ^a   Wetterhall, Scott F ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Notifiable diseases; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030223194     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199623000-00004     Document Type: Article

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