Improving surveillance of sexually transmitted infections using mandatory electronic clinical reporting: The genitourinary medicine clinic activity dataset, England, 2009 to 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2014, Pages

  Savage, E J ^a   Mohammed, H ^a   Leong, G ^a   Duffell, S ^a   Hughes, G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 84919724923     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.48.20981     Document Type: Article

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