Impediments to public health surveillance in the 1990s: The lack of resources and the need for priorities

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 11-15

  Osterholm, Michael T ^a   Birkhead, Guthrie S ^b   Meriwether, Rebecca A ^c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Notifiable diseases; Public health; Surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030223198     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199623000-00005     Document Type: Article

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