Medication sales and syndromic surveillance, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 416-421

  Vergu, Elisabeta ^a,b,c,g   Grais, Rebecca F ^a,b   Sarter, Hélène ^a,b   Fagot, Jean Paul ^a,b   Lambert, Bruno ^d   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a,b,e   Flahault, Antoine ^a,b,f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

^d IMS France   (France)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^f HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^g National Institute for Agriculture Research   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG MARKETING; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33644544404     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050573     Document Type: Article

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