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Preferred term

Sentinel Surveillance  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Biosurveillance System
  • Biosurveillance Systems
  • Surveillance, Syndromic
  • Syndromic Surveillance

Scope note

  • Monitoring of rate of occurrence of specific conditions to assess the stability or change in health levels of a population. It is also the study of disease rates in a specific cohort such as in a geographic area or population subgroup to estimate trends in a larger population. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

History note

  • 95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018571

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