Can active surveillance provide a rapid response to an emerging child health issue? The melamine example

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 285-286

  Grenier, D ^a,b   Ugnat, A M ^c   McCourt, C ^c   Scott, J ^d   Thibodeau, M Laffin ^a   Davis, M A ^a   Dickson, N P ^e  

^a CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; MELAMINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH; EMERGENCY CARE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPEROXALURIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 70350346536     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/14.5.285     Document Type: Article

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