Establishing a nationwide emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system for better public health responses in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wu, Tsung Shu Joseph ^a   Shih, Fuh Yuan Frank ^a   Yen, Muh Yong ^b,d   Wu, Jiunn Shyan Julian ^a,c   Lu, Shiou Wen ^c   Chang, Kevin Chi Ming ^c   Hsiung, Chao ^f   Chou Jr , How ^c   Chu, Yu Tseng ^a   Chang, Hang ^d   Chiu, Chan Hsien ^c,d   Tsui, Fu Chiang Richard ^e   Wagner, Michael M ^e   Su, Ih Jen ^c,f   King, Chwan Chuen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f National Health Institute of Research   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TAIWAN; VIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TRIAGE;

EID: 39749197606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-18     Document Type: Article

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