Tasks, principles and methods of applied infectious disease epidemiology/field epidemiology;Aufgaben, Prinzipien und Methoden der angewandten/aufsuchenden Infektionsepidemiologie

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1013-1019

  Hauri, A M ^a   Uphoff, H ^a  

^a Hessisches Landesprüfungs und Untersuchungsamt im Gesundheitswesen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Applied infectious disease epidemiology; Field epidemiology; Methods; Outbreak investigations; Tasks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GERMANY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25844443344     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-005-1119-1     Document Type: Article

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