The impact of monitoring tuberculosis reporting delays in New York City

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Silin, Muriel ^a   Laraque, Fabienne ^b   Munsiff, Sonal S ^b   Crossa, Aldo ^a   Harris, Tiffany G ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b NYC DOHMH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease notification; Population surveillance; Program evaluation; Time factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77958025770     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/phh.0b013e3181c87ae5     Document Type: Article

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