Active and passive surveillance for communicable diseases in child care facilities, Seattle-King County, Washington

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1951-1955

  MacDonald, Jean K ^a   Boase, Janice ^a   Stewart, Laurie K ^a   Alexander, E Russell ^a   Solomon, Steven L ^b   Cordell, Ralph L ^b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EAR INFECTION; EYE INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031441461     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.12.1951     Document Type: Article

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