Public health surveillance

Here are entered works on the systematic collection and evaluation of data on the incidence and distribution of diseases and injuries for the purpose of their prevention.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91006354
- info:lc/authorities/sh91006354
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh91006354#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Population surveillance (Public health)
- Surveillance, Public health
Broader Terms
- Epidemiology
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb125659127
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4214090-0
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Public health surveillance, 1992.
- found: LC data base (health surveillance)
- found: MESH (Population surveillance. UF Public health surveillance)
- found: Public health and preventive medicine, 11th ed. (defined by WHO as "the exercise of continuous scrutiny of, and watchfulness over, the distribution and spread of infections and factors related thereto, of sufficient accuracy and completeness to be pertinent to effective control.")
LC Classification
- RA652.2.P82
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the systematic collection and evaluation of data on the incidence and distribution of diseases and injuries for the purpose of their prevention.
Change Notes
- 1991-12-23: new

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