Innovative Surveillance Methods for Rapid Detection of Disease Outbreaks and Bioterrorism: Results of an Interagency Workshop on Health Indicator Surveillance

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1230-1235

  Pavlin, Julie A ^a,l   Mostashari, Farzad ^b   Kortepeter, Mark G ^c   Hynes, Noreen A ^d   Chotani, Rashid A ^e   Mikol, Yves B ^f   Ryan, Margaret A K ^g   Neville, James S ^h   Gantz, Donald T ⁱ   Writer, James V ^a   Florance, Jared E ^j   Culpepper, Randall C ^a   Henretig, Fred M ^k   Kelley, Patrick W ^a  

^a Dept Def Global Emerg Infect S ^*  (United States)

^b New York City Department of Health

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Office of the Vice President   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NY City Dept Environ Protect

^g NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h Functional Management Office   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Prnc William County Health District   (United States)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^l WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNITY; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORKSHOP; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0042885838     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.8.1230     Document Type: Review

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