Designing and evaluating risk-based surveillance systems: Potential unwarranted effects of applying adjusted risk estimates

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-194

  Willeberg, Preben ^a   Nielsen, Liza Rosenbaum ^b   Salman, Mo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding; Efficacy; Risk based surveillance; System sensitivity; Unwarranted adjustment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE; TRICHINELLA;

EID: 84861936500     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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