Help - We need a helpline! A public health audit case study

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-132

  Lowe, Gwendolyn ^a   Evans, Meirion R ^a   Myers, Paulette ^a  

^a Bro Taf Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Disease outbreaks; Emergencies; Hotlines

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEPHONE;

BENCHMARKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GUIDELINES; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALES;

EID: 0034082494     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/22.2.129     Document Type: Article

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