Heterogeneity in regional notification patterns and its impact on aggregate national case notification data: The example of measles in Italy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-17

  Williams, John R ^a,b   Manfredi, Piero ^a   Butler, Alisa R ^b   Ciofi Degli Atti, Marta ^c   Salmaso, Stefania ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042616942     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-3-23     Document Type: Article

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