Underreporting of lyme disease by connecticut physicians, 1992

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Meek, James I ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^b   Smith, Everett V ^c,d   Cartter, Matthew L ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e Connecticut Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Prevention and control; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LYME DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

CONNECTICUT; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030223507     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199623000-00017     Document Type: Article

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