Use of mobile phones in an emergency reporting system for infectious disease surveillance after the Sichuan earthquake in China

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 619-623

  Yang, Changhong ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Luo, Xiangshu ^b   Gong, Peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HEALTH CARE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NATIONAL PLANNING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOBILE PHONE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 68249109141     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.060905     Document Type: Article

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