Evaluation of ICD-9 codes for syndromic surveillance in the electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 346-352

  Betancourt, Jose A ^a   Hakre, Shilpa ^b   Polyak, Christina S ^c   Pavlin, Julie A ^d  

^a US Army Medical Department Center & School   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MILITARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 34247496360     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.4.346     Document Type: Article

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