Variation matters: Epidemiological surveillance in europe

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 955-965

  Reintjes, Ralf ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84873713367     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-1813790     Document Type: Article

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