Integration of syndromic surveillance data into public health practice at state and local levels in North Carolina

Public Health Reports

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 310-317

  Samoff, Erika ^a   Waller, Anna ^b   Fleischauer, Aaron ^c,d   Ising, Amy ^b   Davis, Meredith K ^a   Park, Mike ^a   Haas, Stephanie W ^e   Dibiase, Lauren ^a   Macdonald, Pia D M ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d N Carolina Div of Public Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE DATA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859446833     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700311     Document Type: Article

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