Strategies to improve global influenza surveillance: A decision tool for policymakers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Moore, Melinda ^a   Chan, Edward ^a   Lurie, Nicole ^a   Schaefer, Agnes Gereben ^a   Varda, Danielle M ^a   Zambrano, John A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 47249161970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-186     Document Type: Article

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