Perceived usefulness of syndromic surveillance in Ontario during the H1N1 pandemic

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-202

  Savage, Rachel ^a   Chu, Anna ^a   Rosella, Laura C ^a   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a,b,c   Varia, Monali ^d   Policarpio, Michelle E ^a   Vinson, Norman G ^e   Winter, Anne Luise ^a   Hay, Karen ^f   Davies, Richard F ^g   Gemmill, Ian ^h   Willison, Don ^a,b,i   Johnson, Ian ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Peel Public Health   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h Kingston   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

evaluation; pandemic influenza; public health; surveillance; syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PANDEMIC;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ONTARIO; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84861367610     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr088     Document Type: Article

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