The incidence of chickenpox in the community: Lessons for disease surveillance in sentinel practice networks

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1023-1027

  Fleming, D M ^a   Schellevis, F G ^b   Falcao, I ^c   Alonso, T V ^d   Padilla, M L ^e  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Observatório Nacional de Saúde   (Portugal)

^d Sergvicio de Epidemiologia   (Spain)

^e Servicio de Epidemiologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Health indicators; Sentinel practices; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; WALES;

EID: 0035758949     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020066806544     Document Type: Article

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