Completeness and timeliness of tuberculosis notification in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lo, Hsiu Yun ^a,b   Yang, Shiang Lin ^b   Chou, Pesus ^a   Chuang, Jen Hsiang ^a,b   Chiang, Chen Yuan ^c,d,e  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ^*  (France)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Completeness; Notification; Reporting; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TAIWAN; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155191077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-915     Document Type: Article

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