Measles surveillance in Qatar, 2008: Quality of surveillance data and timeliness of notification;Surveillance de la rougeole au qatar en 2008: Qualité des données de surveillance et ponctualité des notifications

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 813-817

  Nazzal, Z A ^a   Said, H ^a   Horeesh, N A ^a  

^a PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION;

EID: 83155165322     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.11.813     Document Type: Article

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