Syndromic surveillance for measleslike illnesses in a managed care setting

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Nordin, James D ^a,b   Harpaz, Rafael ^d   Harper, Peter ^a,c   Rush, William ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Allina Health   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 2442599324     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378775     Document Type: Article

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