Monitoring data quality in syndromic surveillance: Learnings from a resource limited setting

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-127

  Venkatarao, E ^a   Patil, Rajan R ^b   Prasad, Deepa ^c   Anasuya, Anita ^d   Samuel, Reuben ^e  

^a SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b School of Public Health   (India)

^c UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e Odisha Epidemiologist   (India)

Author keywords

Data quality; Evaluation; Infectious disease surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MENINGITIS; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84862574283     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.96778     Document Type: Article

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