Syndromic surveillance: Is it a useful tool for local outbreak detection?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 374-375

  Hope, Kirsty ^a,b   Durrheim, David N ^a,c   D'Espaignet, Edouard Tursan ^a,c   Dalton, Craig ^a,c  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 33646270620     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.035337     Document Type: Editorial

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