Non-infectious events under the International Health Regulations (2005) in Europe - A case for syndromic surveillance

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-326

  Rosenkötter, Nicole ^a   Ziemann, Alexandra ^a   Krafft, Thomas ^a   Riesgo, Luis Garcia Castrillo ^b   Vergeiner, Gernot ^c   Brand, Helmut ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c Dispatch Center Tyrol   (Austria)

Author keywords

health information; IHR (2005); public health surveillance; syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROCEDURES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84904973131     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2014.13     Document Type: Article

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