Telehealth ontario detection of gastrointestinal illness outbreaks

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-257

  Caudle, Jaelyn M ^a   Van Dijk, Adam ^a   Rolland, Elizabeth ^a   Moore, Kieran M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Gastrointestinal illness; Syndromic surveillance; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349296008     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403942     Document Type: Article

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