Assessment of the infectious diseases surveillance system of the Republicof Armenia: An example of surveillance in the republics of the former SovietUnion

BMC Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-8

  Wuhib, Tadesse ^a   Chorba, Terence L ^a   Davidiants, Vladimir ^b   Mac Kenzie, William R ^c   McNabb, Scott J N ^a,c,d  

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

^b Armenian Ministry of Health   (Armenia)

^c MS E 10 ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMENIA; CASE FINDING; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PEDICULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; USSR; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ARMENIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GUIDELINES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

EID: 18744414207     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-2-3     Document Type: Review

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