Situational uses of syndromic surveillance

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-177

  Buehler, James W ^a   Whitney, Ellen A ^a   Smith, Donna ^b   Prietula, Michael J ^c   Stanton, Sarah H ^d   Isakov, Alexander P ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYNDROME;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYNDROME;

EID: 70349229342     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2009.0013     Document Type: Article

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