The potential of internet-based technologies for sharing data of public health importance

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-

  Fegan, Greg ^a   Moulsdale, Michael ^a   Todd, Jim ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79551637455     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.085910     Document Type: Article

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