Global Surveillance, National Surveillance, and SARS

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-175

  Heymann, David L ^a   Rodier, Guénaël ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRAVEL; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0842282543     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.031038     Document Type: Note

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