Lessons for surveillance in the 21st century: A historical perspective from the past five millennia

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 361-368

  Choi, Bernard C K ^a   Pak, Anita W P ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Data interpretation; Epidemiologic methods; Historical review; Statistical; Surveillance system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAUNDICE; LUNG CANCER; MEASLES; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PLAGUE; REVIEW; RISK; TYPHUS;

EID: 0035706150     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01321662     Document Type: Article

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