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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456939703321

Titolo

BioWatch and public health surveillance [[electronic resource] ] : evaluating systems for the early detection of biological threats / / Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-01905-1

9786613019059

0-309-13972-4

Edizione

[Abbreviated version.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

358.38

Soggetti

Bioterrorism - United States - Prevention

Public health surveillance - United States

Emergency management - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Board on Life Sciences."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""2 The BioWatch System""; ""3 Evaluation of the BioWatch System""; ""4 Detecting Biological Threats Through the Public Health and Health Care Systems: Current Status""; ""5 Enhancing Surveillance to Detect and Characterize Infectious Disease Threats""; ""6 BioWatch and Enhanced National Biosurveillance Resources""; ""Appendix A: Study Activities""; ""Appendix B: Glossary""

""Appendix C: Summary of Research into the Costs of Enhanced Public Health Surveillance Systems""""Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""