PID-ARI.net - A pediatric infectious diseases network on acute respiratory infections and the added value of a mutlilevel research network

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Weigl, J A I ^a,b   Puppe, W ^a,b   Meyer, C U ^b   Berner, R ^c   Forster, J ^d   Schmitt, H J ^b   Zepp, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d St Josefskrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway infections; Early warning; Epidemiology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; WEB BROWSER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 52249099602     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985815     Document Type: Review

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