Using multiple sources to improve and measure case ascertainment in surveillance studies: 20 Years of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-165

  Knowles, Rachel L ^a   Smith, Alan ^b   Lynn, Richard ^c   Rahi, Jugnoo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BPSU; British Paediatric Surveillance Unit; Capture recapture; Case ascertainment; Paediatric; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS MEDIUM; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33745648936     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdl005     Document Type: Article

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