Completeness of notifiable infectious disease reporting in the United States: An analytical literature review

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 866-874

  Doyle, Timothy J ^a   Glynn, M Kathleen ^a   Groseclose, Samuel L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable disease control; Disease notification; Population surveillance; Review literature

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036570326     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.9.866     Document Type: Article

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