Systematic review: Surveillance systems for early detection of bioterrorism-related diseases

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 910-922

  Bravata, Dena M ^a   McDonald, Kathryn M ^b   Smith, Wendy M ^b   Rydzak, Chara ^b   Szeto, Herbert ^b   Buckerdge, David L ^b   Haberland, Corinna ^b   Owens, Douglas K ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2542501592     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-11-200406010-00013     Document Type: Review

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