General practitioner notifications of gastroenteritis and food poisoning: Cause for concern

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 288-291

  Day, Fiona ^a   Sutton, Graham ^b  

^a Leeds PCT   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease notification; Food poisoning; Gastroenteritis; Sentinel surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECORDS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548221117     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm043     Document Type: Article

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