Public health surveillance using emergency medical service logs - U.S.-Mexico land border, El Paso, Texas, 2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 649-653

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ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; MEXICO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEXAS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77953117772     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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