Evaluation of the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System in Taiwan: An example of varicella reporting

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2630-2633

  Tan, Hsiu Fen ^a   Chang, Chen Kang ^b   Tseng, Hung Fu ^a   Lin, Wender ^a  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communicable disease surveillance system; Notifiable dsease; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947240896     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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