Developing syndrome definitions based on consensus and current use

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-601

  Chapman, Wendy W ^a,q   Dowling, John N ^a   Baer, Atar ^b   Buckeridge, David L ^c   Cochrane, Dennis ^d   Conway, Michael A ^a   Elkin, Peter ^e   Espino, Jeremy ^a   Gunn, Julia E ^f   Hales, Craig M ^g   Hutwagner, Lori ^g   Keller, Mikaela ^h   Larson, Catherine ⁱ   Noe, Rebecca ^j   Okhmatovskaia, Anya ^c   Olson, Karen ^h,k   Paladini, Marc ^l   Scholer, Matthew ^m   Sniegoski, Carol ⁿ   Thompson, David ^o   Lober, Bill ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Emergency Medical Associates   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

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

^h BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^m UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^o NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^q Division of Biomedical Informatics   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WORKSHOP; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SYNDROME;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149487507     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.003210     Document Type: Article

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