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ERIC Number: EJ455254
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0090-0036
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The Surveillance Definition for AIDS.
Buehler, James W.
American Journal of Public Health, v82 n11 p1462-64 Nov 1992
Explores issues surrounding the revision of criteria used to conduct Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) surveillance in the United States. Current AIDS surveillance is not meeting public health needs to describe the number and characteristics of infected persons. Proposed revisions would increase the number of reported AIDS cases substantially. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Definitions, Diagnostic Tests, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Editorials, Epidemiology, Evaluation Criteria, Futures (of Society), Identification, Incidence, Medical Evaluation, Needs Assessment, Public Health, Sexuality
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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