Potential use of school absenteeism record for disease surveillance in developing countries, case study in rural Cambodia.

BACKGROUND: Disease surveillance allows prospective monitoring of patterns in disease incidence in the general community, specific institutions (e.g. hospitals, elderly care homes), and other important population subgroups. Surveillance activities are now routinely conducted in many developed countr...

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Main Authors: Calvin K Y Cheng, Hing Channarith, Benjamin J Cowling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3796562?pdf=render