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Sentinel Surveillance(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Sentinel Surveillance
Used for/see from:
  • n: Biosurveillance Systems
  • n: Syndromic Surveillance
  • Sentinel Health Event
  • n: Biosurveillance System
  • n: Health Event, Sentinel
  • n: Surveillance, Sentinel
  • n: Surveillance, Syndromic

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)

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