Blueprint for a national public health surveillance system for the 21st century

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 16-23

  Meriwether, Rebecca A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Information systems; Public health assessment; Public health surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030223394     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199623000-00006     Document Type: Article

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