Novel approach, using end-of-life issues, for identifying items for public health surveillance

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Rao, Jaya K ^a,b   Abraham, Lindsay A ^c   Anderson, Lynda A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 66449123597     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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