Environmental public health surveillance.
A holistic and collaborative approach needs to be taken in the development of environmental public health surveillance systems. Exposure and hazard surveillance integrated with outcome-based surveillance will blend fragmented strands of data into streams of information. Adequate resources and strong leadership are essential to the creation of such surveillance systems.
Macdonald
S C
SC
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, USA.
Pertowski
C A
CA
Jackson
R J
RJ
D002648:Child; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
D010575:Pesticides; D007854:Lead