Monitoring disease in England and Wales: methods applicable to routine data-collecting systems.
This paper reviews routine data-collecting systems and methods for disease surveillance in England and Wales. It discusses population-based correlation studies, which seek to explain disease trends by relating routine health statistics to possible causative agents on a secular, geographical, or occupational basis. It describes recent developments in linking information collected by routine general purpose systems as a means of identifying and following individuals exposed to potential hazards.
D003644:Death Certificates; D004739:England; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D009790:Occupations; D012621:Seasons; D013997:Time Factors; D014852:Wales