Health information systems and pesticide poisoning at Pernambuco
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Health information systems and pesticide poisoning at Pernambuco.
INTRODUCTION Understanding the epidemiologic profile of a particular disease is key to undertake health actions. To that end, information systems that present quality data help in the decision-making process and demonstrate the impact of the problems. OBJECTIVE To analyze the contribution of health information systems for the characterization of pesticide poisoning through SINAN, CEATOX and S...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1415-790X
DOI: 10.1590/1980-5497201500030012