Interactive Voice Response and web-based questionnaires for population-based infectious disease reporting

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 693-702

  Bexelius, Christin ^a   Merk, Hanna ^a,b   Sandin, Sven ^a   Nyrén, Olof ^a,b   Kühlmann Berenzon, Sharon ^b   Linde, Annika ^b   Litton, Jan Eric ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Influenza; Internet; Sentinel surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDITY; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; SWEDEN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650308810     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-010-9484-y     Document Type: Article

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