Syndromic surveillance to assess the potential public health impact of the Icelandic volcanic ash plume across the United Kingdom, April 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Elliot, A J ^a   Singh, N ^a   Loveridge, P ^a   Harcourt, S ^a   Smith, S ^a   Pnaiser, R ^a,b   Kavanagh, K ^c,d   Robertson, C ^c,d   Ramsay, C N ^c   McMenamin, J ^c   Kibble, A ^a   Murray, V ^a   Ibbotson, S ^a   Catchpole, M ^a   McCloskey, B ^a   Smith, G E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PLUME DISPERSION; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE; VOLCANIC ASH; WHEEZING;

EID: 77954296047     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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