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Assessing address data quality for public health surveillance in Montreal
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In Montreal, notifiable diseases are reported to the Public Health Department (PHD). Of 44, 250 disease notifications received in 2009, up to 25% had potential address errors. These can be introduced during transcription, handwriting… read more… et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 41 would benefit as reliable data would … 2010;1:163–8. 2 Canada Post Corporation 2010. http://www.canadapost.ca/ … Health Threats Journal E Lanktree et al. 2011, 4:s136 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 42 … -
The influence of address errors on detecting outbreaks of campylobacteriosis
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Mandatory notification to public health of priority communicable diseases (CDs) is a cornerstone of disease prevention and control programs. Increasingly, the addresses of CD cases are used for spatial monitoring and cluster detection… read more… Zinszer et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 6868 analyses. The magnitude of address … Health Threats Journal K Zinszer et al. 2011, 4:s59 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 6969 …