The impact of cell phones on public health surveillance

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 799-

  Hu, Shaohua Sean ^a   Balluz, Lina ^a   Battaglia, Michael P ^b   Frankel, Martin R ^c  

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

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149243615     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.082669     Document Type: Editorial

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