Case Study: Use of Tele-health Data for Syndromic Surveillance in England and Wales

Disease Surveillance: A Public Health Informatics Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 335-365

  Cooper, Duncan ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canadian early warning system; Great Britain; Health Protection Agency; National Health Service; Tele health data

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949118103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470131886.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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