Assessing the continuum of event-based biosurveillance through an operational lens

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-141

  Corley, Courtney D ^a   Lancaster, Mary J ^a   Brigantic, Robert T ^a   Chung, James S ^a   Walters, Ronald A ^a   Arthur, Ray R ^b   Bruckner Lea, Cynthia J ^a   Calapristi, Augustin ^a   Dowling, Glenn ^c   Hartley, David M ^d   Kennedy, Shaun ^e   Kircher, Amy ^f   Klucking, Sara ^g   Lee, Eva K ⁱ   McKenzie, Taylor ^a   Nelson, Noele P ^d   Olsen, Jennifer ^j   Pancerella, Carmen ^k   Quitugua, Teresa N ^h   Reed, Jeremy Todd ^l   Thomas, Carla S ^m   more..

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c National Center for Medical Intelligence   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f Peterson AFB   (United States)

^g US DHS   (United States)

^h National Biosurveillance Integration Center   (United States)

ⁱ Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^j U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^k SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^l U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOSURVEILLANCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859165769     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2011.0096     Document Type: Article

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