Evaluation of a public health Salmonella surveillance system in King County, Washington

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-11

  Takahashi, Traci ^a,b,c,e   Koehler, Jane ^a,d   Swenson, Paul ^a,d   Duchin, Jeff ^a,c,d  

^a VA Puget Sound Health Care System ^*

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Pub Health Seattle and King County   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 1042291197     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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