A Novel Electronic Data Collection System for Large-Scale Surveys of Neglected Tropical Diseases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  King, Jonathan D ^a,b,c   Buolamwini, Joy ^d   Cromwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Panfel, Andrew ^d   Teferi, Tesfaye ^a   Zerihun, Mulat ^a   Melak, Berhanu ^a   Watson, Jessica ^d   Tadesse, Zerihun ^a   Vienneau, Danielle ^b,c   Ngondi, Jeremiah ^e   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERROR; ETHIOPIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TROPICAL DISEASE;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84884174553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074570     Document Type: Article

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