Timely detection of outbreaks in the public health surveillance system of the Republic of Moldova

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-81

  Gheorghita, S ^a   Caterinciuc, N ^a  

^a National Centre of Public Health   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Electronic alert; Emergency system; Health surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881461978     PISSN: 18746500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7003-4_6     Document Type: Article

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