Use of the Web by State and Territorial Health Departments to Promote Reporting of Infectious Disease [4]

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1069-1070

  M'ikanatha, Nkuchia M ^a   Welliver, David P ^b   Rohn, Dale D ^c   Julian, Kathleen G ^b   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Maryland Dept of Hlth/Mental Hyg   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442279586     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.9.1069     Document Type: Letter

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