Public Health Surveillance

Applied Epidemiology: Theory to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Thacker, Stephen B ^a   Stroup, Donna F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Data collection; Public health practice; Public health surveillance; Recent developments; Surveillance data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865679395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195187410.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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