title: Public health at the 1984 Summer Olympics: the Los Angeles County experience.
abstract: During the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services used its active disease surveillance system to monitor disease occurrence and other health concerns. Reports were collected by telephone three times a week from 198 participating facilities including hospitals, prepaid health plans, private physicians, and Olympic sites. Background data were obtained two months preceding the Olympic events. Less illness was recorded during the Olympics than during the same period for the three preceding years.
authors.affiliation: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Public Health Programs and Services, CA 90012.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mascola
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Fannin
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011635:Public Health Administration; D013177:Sports