Surveillance of infectious disease occurrences in the community: An analysis of symptom presentation in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 753-763

  Suyama, Joe ^a,f   Sztajnkrycer, Matthew ^a,g   Lindsell, Christopher ^d   Otten, Edward J ^b   Daniels, Judith M ^e   Kressel, Amy B ^c  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Toxicology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e Cincinnati Health Department   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Community public health; Emergency department; Infectious disease; Surveillance; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0038156039     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.7.753     Document Type: Article

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