Rumors of disease in the global village: Outbreak verification

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-102

  Grein, Thomas W ^a   Kamara, Kande Bure O ^a   Rodier, Guénaël ^a   Plant, Aileen J ^a   Bovier, Patrick ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a   Ohyama, Takaaki ^a   Heymann, David L ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034008375     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0602.000201     Document Type: Review

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