Disease reporting from an automated laboratory-based reporting system to a state health department via local county health departments

Public Health Reports

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-265

  Backer, Howard D ^a,b   Bissell, Stanley R ^a   Vugia, Due J ^a  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^b MPH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS A; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0036216545     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3549(04)50041-9     Document Type: Article

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