Investigating outbreaks: Practical guidance in the Indian scenario

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 252-256

  Murhekar, Manoj ^a   Moolenaar, Ron ^b   Hutin, Yvan ^a,c,d   Broome, Claire ^e  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c WHO India Country Office   (India)

^d WHO China   (China)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEER REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 73349117162     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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