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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral

Print version ISSN 0864-2125On-line version ISSN 1561-3038

Abstract

BERDASQUERA CORCHO, Denis. La vigilancia en salud: Elementos básicos que debe conocer el Médico de Familia. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2002, vol.18, n.1, pp.76-81. ISSN 0864-2125.

This paper makes an extensive literature review on health surveillance, its historical background and the development of epidemiological surveillance both in Cuba and the rest of the world. Also, reference is made to the characteristics of the surveillance systems, their objectives, the different types of surveillance as well as the attributes that should be taken into account when implementing a health surveillance system.

Keywords : EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION.

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