A Global Network for Early Warning and Response to Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism: Applied Epidemiology and Training Programs, 2001

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1640-1642

  Sandhu, Hardeep S ^a,b   Thomas, Christopher ^a   Nsubuga, Peter ^a   White, Mark E ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; TRAINING; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOTERRORISM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0642285274     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1640     Document Type: Article

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