Underreporting of communicable diseases in the prefecture of Achaia, Western Greece, 1999-2004 - Missed opportunities for early intervention

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Jelastopulu, E ^a   Merekoulias, G ^a   Alexopoulos, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENT REPORT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953592396     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.21.19579-en     Document Type: Article

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