Pathology's contributions to disease surveillance: Sending our data to public health officials and encouraging our clinical colleagues to do so

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 926-932

  Aller, Raymond D ^a,b  

^a Acute Communicable Disease Control Program   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATHOLOGIST; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

BIOSURVEILLANCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

EID: 67049100619     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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