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Evaluation of the DC Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance System
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Immediately following September 11, 2001, the District of Columbia Department of Health began a syndromic surveillance program based on emergency room (ER) visits. ER logs are faxed on a daily basis to the health department,… read more… was preferred to the univariate CUSUM for some but not all outbreak types. Objective This paper evaluates an ER … BACKGROUND Immediately following September 11, 2001, the Dis- trict of Columbia Department of Health began a syn- … was preferred to the univariate CUSUM for some but not all outbreak types[3]. METHODS In this paper we extend these … -
An Exploration of New Uses of Traditional Data within an Ecological Study: Air Quality Effects on Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation Analysis
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Under a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the DC DOH established the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (EPHTP) to monitor specific environmental and public health indicators and to investigate any… read more… 2 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … were seen mostly in the 5-12 age group. However, PM2.5 did not appear to be a risk factor, perhaps because …