Public health, data standards, and vocabulary: Crucial infrastructure for reliable public health surveillance

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 11-17

  Chute, Christopher G ^a   Koo, Denise ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information standards; Nomenclature; Public health information; Surveillance; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TERMINOLOGY; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 3142698772     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200205000-00003     Document Type: Article

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