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Descriptive Surveillance

Descriptive Surveillance is a systematic epidemiological activity that involves the ongoing, structured collection and analysis of health-related data to characterize the distribution and determinants of disease in populations, distinguished by its focus on temporal, geographic, and demographic patterns without initiating immediate intervention.

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Guidelines for evaluating surveillance systems

Douglas N. Klaucke, James W. Buehler, Stephen B. Thacker et al. · 1988 · 290 citations

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Generalizability of the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results registry population: Factors relevant to epidemiologic and health care research

Ann B. Nattinger, Timothy L. McAuliffe, Marilyn M. Schapira · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 1997 · 213 citations

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The Incidence and Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in San Francisco County, California: The California Lupus Surveillance Project

Maria Dall’Era, Miriam G. Cisternas, Kurt P. Snipes et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatology · 2017 · 180 citations · Full text

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Overview of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database: Evolution, Data Variables, and Quality Assurance

Henry S. Park, Shane Lloyd, Roy H. Decker et al. · Current Problems in Cancer · 2012 · 164 citations

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Summary of notifiable diseases--United States, 2004.

PubMed · 2006 · 153 citations

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Authors

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    Lynn D. Wilson

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 297 citations

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    Roy H. Decker

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 297 citations

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  3. HS
    Henry S. Park

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 297 citations

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    Hanna Merk

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    2 publications · 28 citations

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    Shane Lloyd

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 297 citations

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Institutions

156

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    34 publications

    746 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    494 citations

  3. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

    Rabat, Morocco

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    187 citations

  4. Western University

    London, Canada

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    264 citations

  5. National Institute for Health and Care Research

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    524 citations

  6. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    411 citations

  7. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    760 citations

  8. World Health Organization

    Geneva, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    79 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 7 publications · 301 citations

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  2. PsycEXTRA Dataset

    Repository · 2 publications · 99 citations

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  3. Current Problems in Cancer

    CPCa · 2 publications · 297 citations

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  4. BMJ

    2 publications · 104 citations

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  5. Epidemiology and Infection

    2 publications · 30 citations

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