Infectious Disease Surveillance in the United States and the United Kingdom: From Public Goods to the Challenges of New Technologies.
Infectious diseases are a long-standing and continuing threat to health and welfare, with their containment dependent on national disease surveillance and response capacities. This article discusses infectious disease surveillance in the United States and the United Kingdom, examining historical nat...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 165 - 186 |
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Duke University Press
Feb2011
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