The potential for a concerted system for the rapid monitoring of excess mortality throughout Europe

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Kanieff, M ^a   Rago, G ^a   Minelli, G ^a   Lamagni, T ^b   Sadicova, O ^c   Selb J ^d   Vantarakis, A ^e   Conti, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Central Laboratory of Health Protection Inspectorate   (Estonia)

^d Inst Hlth of the Rep of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EUROPE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; IRELAND; ITALY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY;

DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MORTALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78149374758     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.43.19697-en     Document Type: Article

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