Underreporting of malaria incidence in the Netherlands: Results from a capture-recapture study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 371-377

  Van Hest, N A H ^a   Smit, F ^b   Verhave, J P ^c  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NETHERLANDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; MALARIA; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; PLASMODIUM; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036772683     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007306     Document Type: Article

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