Public Health Surveillance
"Public Health Surveillance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data with the purpose of preventing or controlling disease or injury, or of identifying unusual events of public health importance, followed by the dissemination and use of information for public health action. (From Am J Prev Med 2011;41(6):636)
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D062486
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E05.318.308.980.438.700.324 N05.715.360.300.800.438.625.324 N06.850.520.308.980.438.700.324 N06.850.780.675.487
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2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health Surveillance" by people in Profiles.
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Allen C, Tsou MH, Aslam A, Nagel A, Gawron JM. Applying GIS and Machine Learning Methods to Twitter Data for Multiscale Surveillance of Influenza. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0157734.
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Biggerstaff M, Alper D, Dredze M, Fox S, Fung IC, Hickmann KS, Lewis B, Rosenfeld R, Shaman J, Tsou MH, Velardi P, Vespignani A, Finelli L. Results from the centers for disease control and prevention's predict the 2013-2014 Influenza Season Challenge. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 07 22; 16:357.