Evaluation of a national resource to identify and study rare diseases: The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 498-504

  He, Suwen ^a   Zurynski, Yvonne A ^a,b   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Evaluation; Rare diseases; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RARE DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 70349105875     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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