Invasive meningococcal disease in Austria 2002: Assessment of completeness of notification by comparison of two independent data sources

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 31-35

  Berghold, Christian ^a   Berghold, Andrea ^b   Fülöp, Gerhard ^c   Heuberger, Sigrid ^a   Strauss, Reinhild ^d   Zenz, Werner ^b  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Austrian Health Institute   (Austria)

^d Federal Ministry of Health and Women   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Completeness; ICD code; Incidence; Meningococci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644822903     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0502-0     Document Type: Article

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