Measles incidence estimations based on the notification by general practioners were suboptimal

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 633-637

  Van Isterdael, Chantal E D ^a   Van Essen, Gerrit A ^a   Kuyvenhoven, Marijke M ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Stalman, Wim A B ^b   De Wit, Niek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Epidemic; General practitioner; Measles; Notification; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEASLES; NETHERLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 3042792990     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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