Collection, verification, sharing and dissemination of data: The CONTRAST experience

Acta Tropica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 407-411

  Saarnak, Christopher F L ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Kristensen, Thomas K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CONTRAST; Data curation; Data sampling; Data sharing; Database management; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

DATA MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RESEARCH; SAMPLING; STAKEHOLDER;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CONTRAST DATABASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERNET; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CONTRAST; DATA CURATION; DATA SAMPLING; DATA SHARING; DATABASE MANAGEMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AFRICA; ANTHELMINTICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84885471434     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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