The costs and effectiveness of surveillance of communicable disease: A case study of hiv and aids in england and wales

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-422

  Morris, Stephen ^a   Gray, Alastair ^b   Noone, Ahilya ^c   Wiseman, Meg ^c   Jathanna, Sushil ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d North Essex Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cost; HIV AIDS; information; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030469574     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024539     Document Type: Article

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